General Discussion

How are the portable versions of Firefox and Thunderbird different from their counterparts on the desktop and what all do the portable versions lack or have in comparison to the desktop versions.

Short and sweet: Questions from people like me who are new to Portable Apps.

Hi,
I'm not sure where to post this. But there some good icons for app categories here https://portableapps.com/apps. Right now they are only images, but what if they were put into a dll, or an icon pack so if a user was using PStart or PortableApps.com Suite, with categories. To help organize apps? Maybe? Thanks...

Hi all,

I mistakenly started to install PortableApps on my external hard drive. I quickly cancelled the install and put it on the flash USB drive which was where it was supposed to go. Great product indeed, thanks!

But...in Windows Explorer my external HDD now shows up as PortableApps. I tried to rename it and it just switches back instantly to PortableApps. In Disk Management it is called what I have renamed it back to (Seagate, somewhat imaginatively!)

I'm a new, and now somewhat worried user. Yesterday, after first experimenting with the Suite and deciding to begin portable app'ing, I tried to download and install my first standalone application (see subject). As soon as the download completed, my spyware blocker (Zone Alarm) popped up a warning that it was infected. The message was specific but I was too startled to write it down in my haste to first quarantine and then delete the file. Now I'm worried that other portable app's might be similarly infected.

I'm guessing that the theme is just jpg's and all you have to do is edit them but if not could some tell me how.

another problem

I downloaded the base edition of the suite because I don't have the suite where I am at the moment. I had a good look through the forums and found the file path for the theme, but the only thing in \PortableApps\PortableAppsMenu is

-icons(folder)
-license.txt
-PortableAppsMenus.exe
and-readme.txt

and apparently I should at least have a data folder and inside that a themes folder

thanks

Kilian

I'm most likely going to get some bad comments about this but the way I look at it is, if you have firefox you have a pdf reader in it, or at least you can download it just like a flash player and I'm sure that someone may argue that you'd want a separate one for offline use but I would be fairly sure you can open pdf's when not connected to the net.

But please if there is a blatantly obvious reason to have foxit of sumatra, tell me.
Its more curiosity then an arguement

Kilian

I have Win XP SP 2 at home. After using and shutting down all portable applications, when I select remove hardware option and click the pen drive and ask for it to be stopped, it is unable to do so. This did not happen earlier when I did not have portable apps in my pen drive. I have to shut down the PC to remove the pen drive, for fear of corrupting the files. Kindly tell me what can be done about this.

I get to like 65% installed and then a window comes up 7-zip Data error in creating about 200 files and then i have a close option i close it and delete it and reinstall but same problem again. Any ideas or suggestions? I didn;t know what forum to post in because this is a multiple portable app problem.

EDITED:

I have a IRC Server setup running UnrealIRCd with Anope Services and a few other add-ons. If you or anyone else here is interested in creating or congregating in a channel specifically dedicated to the portableapps.com site/scene, I would be more than happy to accommodate.

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Since the interest seems to be showing a bit, I went ahead a created a private room on the server and coded a page with information on how to join/connect.