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autorun warning

Submitted by onunez67 on January 27, 2013 - 2:48pm

Hi all

I am not a computer expert but I have a problem. I installed PortableApps on my USB Kingston and worked fine then installed the Kingston urDrive program but did not like and uninstalled it. Now every time I use PortableApps a warning stating that the file has been altered autorun appears. I want to know how I can prevent this warning from reappearing. thanks

Portable Internet Browser that does NOT save files on c drive?

Submitted by fishchoke on January 26, 2013 - 11:54am

So I downloaded chromium, firefox, and chrome internet browers and installed them onto my portable drive, and they work, but I notice they also all leave lots of files on the c drive of the computer (mainly in c:\users\username\Appdata, but other folders as well).

Is there any portable browser that leaves the c drive completely alone?

(If I run a browser on someone else's computer, I don't want to leave any trace at all on their c drive whatsoever, as in zero, nada, zip, nothing.)

File syncing (cloud) service with a portable client app

Submitted by Aikiki on January 23, 2013 - 12:38pm

I'm looking for a decent file syncing service (like Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, ...) that offers a 'portable' client program.

I'm not interested in it being hosted on PortableApps.com or it adhering to any PA.com standards.

It just needs to be 'portable' (no install, no registry, self contained).

The only one I found so far is TeamDrive, but I'm not too fond of the client or the service in general.
I'm hoping there's something else out there.

*games*

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Submitted by andrewxcb on January 22, 2013 - 8:10am

i have need for speed underground 1, 2, need for speed carbon, and need for speed most wanted... the most wanted is mostly english but has spanish audio.. no biggy because the only time u hear some spanish is in the cop chases. email me email removed with important starred and topic of : need for speed games

username change

Submitted by nightbeholder on January 22, 2013 - 5:47am

I would like to change my username in this site (privacy reasons).

Tried to look for a way to contact you in private to ask this but didn't find anything so i'm posting here.

If this is possible and if John or any other can help me i'd appreciate it.

Thanks

edit: the new name would be "mQ52cWaw"

Can I install the Platform in a local hard drive and use it?

Submitted by zleep on January 21, 2013 - 8:38am

I'm going to stick with my laptop for some months, so I decide to liberate my USB stick by running the Platform with my mostly used portable apps directly from local HDD. Will all data still be confined within the installation folder, leaving no traces elsewhere?
And question two, by the time I switch to another PC, if I simply copy the entire folder to the root of a USB stick and connect it to the new PC, will the Platfrm still work?
And just out of curiosity, what will happen if I click the eject button while running it from local drive?
Thaks in advance.

Java

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Submitted by PSkilton on January 20, 2013 - 5:22pm

Hi,
I heard that Java was having some virus problems recently and wondered if it was safe to upgrade both local and portable versions to the latest versions or stay on a previous build. If someone could clarify this, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
PSkilton

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