General Discussion

OK I am having a real problem. I use to use your apps all the time on my work computer. but none of the new apps work. An example would be KeePas, it gives me a pop up saying "An unsupported operation was attempted". Another would be pidgen which returns "error loading pidgin.dll Error: (5) Access is denied" I am running pidgin, the real portable version, fine on my computer but yours does not work. A true portable app should run on all computers and not even try to load dlls.

On the OpenOfficePortable page it says
File size: 77.4MB (download), ~219MB (installed)

I was looking at my flash drive and for the properties of my OOP install I see
Size: 229 MB (240,621,056 bytes)
Size on Disk: 325 MB (341,639,168 bytes)

I do have a few extra templates and addons installed into my OOP so that changes my file size some. My question is what is causing the disparity with the size and the size on disk? Is that something to be worried about?

TIA!!

Hi John,

In the future, Can you include on the Portable App Launcher to run placed links/shortcuts on the Portable Apps Directory? In my opinion this would be cool for unzipped binaries placed elsewhere on the portable device and just linking the executables. Because I noticed that when i try to place the entire directory (e.g. nightly build of inkscape) all the exes are shown in the menu. I cant delete the other executables just to prevent them from showing up. It's just a small detail to add. Thanks

I have been using the portable apps suite from a thumb drive on a machine for the last couple of weeks. I was curious to see what is left behind when using these portable apps. I ran Nirsoft Regscanner 1.60. I punched in "portableapps" and ran a scan of the whole Registry. This is what I found. 78 items. Please explain.

http://www.screenshots.cc/view_image/8b6a1640/2007-12-13_001509.jpg

How much of what i do using this software is tracked on host pc? my web browser installed on my work pc is explorer...they obviously block certain sites, in all honesty not many, but using the firefox app, i get past all those blocks, now dont get me wrong i am not trying look at inappropiate sites at work, but can my web viewing be traced using the firefox app? i want to start using meebo.com, which is normally blocked by job pc browser, but not on firefox app...is this safe or should i refrain? any tips appreciated...

Thanx in advance.

I searched the forums here.

These seemed to get some good reviews.

(1) sandisk titanium cruzer Capacity: 1 Gig - 15Mbps
(2) Lexar JumpDrive Capacity: 1GB
(3) Memorex Rotodrive 2GB
(4) Sandisk Titanium Cruzer U3 4Gb
(5) PNY 2GB Attache Portable Flash Drive $19.99 Write Speed: USB 2.0
(6) PNY PNY Attache 4GB USB $38.99 Write Speed: USB 2.0

u3 removal tool
http://www.sandisk.com/Retail/Default.aspx?CatID=1415

Q: Is there any difference between "USB 2.0" speed and 15Mbps in real life ?
Q: is #5 fairly fast ?

I click PortableApps_Suite_Standard_1.0.exe

The Setup form appears with my USB drive populated.

I click Install and get this 7-mix: Diagnostic message:
D:\PortableApps_Suite_Standard_1.0.exe is not supported archive

I tried changing the file name to PortableAppsSuite.exe

What do I do?

Thanks,
Weaver

I am using the Portable Apps Menu from Portableapps.com. All other apps load correctly except for Opera portable. I've tried removing the Opera and using a fresh version but it still does not solve the problem. I've also tried this on several computer... I usually get the same error with different drives, whichever one the USB stick was mounted to.

I keep getting the messages:

Command Line:

Loading the last position file
The last position was E:\
The current position is E:\
Same position, nothing to do

Windows Error (with ok button):

I had a hard disk go bad on my laptop and thought the whole thing was toast. But I discovered the BartPE bootable windows CD (http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder), and further discovered that PortableApps work just fine on it. Computer rescued. Actually I can still use the old hard disk to retrieve files, since it still hasn't fully crashed yet; it's just not up to the load of running windows.

Any other similar experiences?

Gary

I recently made powerpoint 2007 viewer portable(with the sfx creator) and it works like a charm. My problem was that the regular powerpoint viewer 2007 installed in a default directory, and I couldn't change it. Therefore, I created the portable from that directory. I can now carry it on a usb stick. What's the advantage of that, you ask? well, I'm not allowed to install anything at school, and my school has an older version of office, whilst I really love to make my presentations in ppt 2007, which I can now do. Of course, I didn't need to tell you that