General Discussion

Can I have multiple instances of the same application?

For example. may I install Firefox, change the folder name, install it again and have both work in parallel and be updated by the PA.c?

Starting a couple of days ago, all updated apps, once downloaded, get flagged by Avast v21.10.2498-build 21.10.6772.706 (signatures 211211-0) as either Win32:Evo-gen (susp) or Win32:Malware-gen.

Due to the generic names of the supposed malware I tend to believe it's a false positive, perhaps something with the wrapper that is being used, and I already reported it to Avast.

Still, could anyone run a check on the repository just to be on the safe side?

Hi,
i have a problem with updating or installing new applications on several machines.
when i try to update i get "unable to download the file, this could be due to a proxy or network issue"

Hi

i always stuck during online installation, with method from apps directory or install app from "paf" file
i got message that from link below unable to continue to get download without knowing what exactly happen
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/portableapps/jre-8u311-windows-i586.ta...

Hello fellas,

Sorry if the thread isn't for here but I have got recently an error with the app, I cannot run the browser. It says that I have to close other instances so I can run the Portable version but i do not have any Portable version opened. Checked on taskmanager and there's no any program running, what cause it?

P.S I can open the normal Firefox(not portable)

Hi,
Since yesterday my portableapps launcher (start application) appears with 0 KB. Within all sub-directories in the PortableApps directory, all applications appear with 0 KB. I can't solve the problem. Pls. help!

CDRTFE has been updated to 1.59.1. It was last updated in 2018!

A portable version is available.

https://cdrtfe.sourceforge.io/cdrtfe/index_en.html

Hi,

I refer to this webpage: https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/boinc-portable

In the APP NOTES section of that page the following statement is made: "If you'd like to join the PortableApps.com team on Rosetta @ home, we're team number 19931." The number at the end of the sentence is an embedded link. However, the URL for the link is wrong, it points to:
hhttps://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/team_display.php?teamid=19931

I removed the odd rant post with the walls of text where the poster didn't understand VirusTotal, false positives, potentially unwanted programs (PUA) etc. They kept posting these multi-paragraph comments for their own purposes for some reason I can't quite discern. Not exactly helpful for us working. Just in case anyone was wondering where that went.

Hello everybody, Hope you are doing well!

I'd like to know if updating a portable app (say Firefox) via built-in updater or PortableApps Platform also fetches any update for the launcher (wrapper) or launcher's config for that specific app?

I think there could some cases where an updated app introduces significant changes which the wrapper should be aware of, so how does PortableApps handles such scenarios?