General Discussion

Hallo all,

Sorry if this has been discussed before. I didn't find the discussion.
I have this problem.
At home I work on a Mac.
But at work there are Windows workstations.
I am allowed to run apps from my USB but writing to the stick requires encryption, which I do not want because the encryption program only works on Windows.

The portable firefox I am using is outdated by now and I want to have a new version but installing it at work is not an option for the stated reason.

At home I have NO windows machine, not even on VM.

It seems I am now unable to edit the dev test page. The top only shows 'view' and 'revisions.' Has the way to edit this page changed, or was I mistakenly removed from being allowed to edit that page?

Every PortableApp seems to be
organized into
3 subfolders
(App, Data, & Other).

Is it correct to assume that
PA puts
all (or most) of
the original program
(even original user data folders) into
the App folder, & then
redirects all (or most) user data into
the Data folder ?

Is this wrong, or much too simplistic ?

I am simply trying to grasp the way it works.

For example,
in some apps,
such as GIMP,
if you need to manually add some things (eg: brushes),
you need to know the correct (or best) folder
to put them in -

Is it
always a good idea to
remove oldest versions of Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable ?

What about Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable ?
Is it automatically redundant too, or
should I leave it there ?

Thanks,
JKB

Can .paf.exe files be
placed separately, & independently in
almost any high level folder, & then
executed there (independently), or
does it
always have to be
placed, & executed
inside the PA platform ?

Thanks,
JKB

To whoever fixed the 'blocks with Ss Us Ds' problem with the website.
(https://portableapps.com/node/35170)

Can I Change googlechromeportable.exe to chrome.exe? Will it destroy the portable functionality?

A lot of the available apps have functionality in the full versions that aren't present without an installer, namely shell extensions and file associations.

Is there any kind of program that automatically adds them based on the apps you have installed? I know they can't be added by the portableapps platform, but I figure they could be added by a separate program that can request elevation, store the existing settings, change to fit the portable apps, and revert them when you're finished.

The site to buy the USB sticks shows prices that ae $10 per stick higher than your site. What is happening?

Thanks

I know this is probably a dumb question, but here goes:

I just installed Portable Apps. When I am on the central screen, there are two buttons, bottom right. One closes the App. What is the other for -- the "up arrow"?

I've tried everything but the right answer...

Regards,
Chuck Billow