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Track when new apps are added

Submitted by n8 on October 8, 2010 - 11:19am

Hi All,
Is there a way to track when new applications are added to portableapps.com? I just would like to see the progress of new apps versus an upgrade to an existing one and even the removal of unsupported ones. Don't ask me why... it's just my OCD expressing itself again Smile

Thanks, and as always Good work to John & Team!!!

Security for Student's PA on Flash Drives

Submitted by DeadIntoIt on October 7, 2010 - 9:49pm

I'm working on a college course for the Spring Session.

About 150 Students have pre-enrolled. Course tools need to be PA's on a Thumb Drive (Maybe?)...

I want to put the course text as a PDF and all necessary software needed in the course assignments (PA has everything needed) pre-loaded on thumb drives.

Perhaps a dumb Java Portable Launcher question, but...

Submitted by GrahamG on October 3, 2010 - 5:55am

Couldn't really find anywhere else for this, so put it up as a General Discussion.

To use OpenOffice Base OOo needs access to a java runtime.

The PA "Java Runtime" app takes care of downloading the necessary JREs. So long as the right default install folders are maintained, OpenOffice portable cleverly finds the necessary JREs. You just then need to confirm and away you go.

So, my question is simply, "what's the purpose of the Java Portable Launcher?"

Anybody know of a good portable SMB browser?

Submitted by htismaqe on October 1, 2010 - 11:04am

I'm having trouble finding a portable file manager/browser that allows me to access Windows shares via SMB but doesn't use the built-in Windows network neighborhood/drive mapping API's.

Both FreeCommander and CubicExplorer call the native Windows API's, which means any drive I map in them stays mapped on the machine after I close the app and/or shutdown PAM.

I've used muCommander and it works fine using SMB:// syntax but it requires Java to run and can be flaky.

Does anybody out there have any suggestions?

Custom Apps Suite

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Submitted by monkeyx on September 30, 2010 - 9:36am

Hi can anyone point me towards any FAQ or guidance on creating a custom version of portable apps/Portable apps suite. I would like to create a version for teachers and students that could possibly be branded to reflect http://opensourceschools.org.uk

The only related thread I have found so far is https://portableapps.com/node/14604 which talks about mozilla redistribution rights.

Any advice/guidance gratefully received.

Tim

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