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GAIM errors when starting from portable apps menu

Submitted by tjamnz on December 26, 2006 - 6:51pm

when trying to run gaim i receive the error mssg. The dynamic link library intl.dll could not be found in the specified path E:\PortableApps\GaimPortable\App\gaim;,;c:\WINNT\system32;C:\\WINNT\system;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\system32;C:\WINNT;C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;;C:\PROGA~1\PROTEC~1.

then another error...

Error loading gtkgaim.dll.
Error (126) The specified module could not be found.
This probably means that the GTK+ can't be found.

Thanks for any tips.

My OS is server 2000

Portable Apps won't start on Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Submitted by tjamnz on December 26, 2006 - 6:00pm

Hello,

I intalled the application on my one gig usb drive. (Currently using windows 2000 advanced server)
I checked Device Manager and I indeed do have enhanced usb 2.0 support. (intel usb2 enhanced host controller)

I click on the StartPortableApps.exe (using usb drive E:) and nothing happens.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Hiding extra files.

Submitted by CrazedSyko on December 26, 2006 - 3:40pm

I have a few 2 portable apps that require other exes in order to run. These programs are Portable Cleaner and PowerDefragmenter GUI with Contig. I would like to hide the CCleaner exe and only show the Portable CCleaner exe. I also want to hide the Contig file from showing up on the Portable Apps menu. Is there anyway to fix this? I would also like to know if it is possible to change the name of the app in the menu. This is beause PowerDefragmenter's desription calls it Setup Fatory 6.0 Runtime. I would like to change that to PowerDefragmenter.

A breakthrough for all Firefox Portable users!

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Submitted by Espreon on December 25, 2006 - 3:24pm

It is an extension called Firefly it adds a filemanager to Firefox Portable (much like Konqueror). You can open files with other portable software!!! Like when I tried to open a Presentation with OpenOffice Impress Portable via Firefly it worked, also this works with opening Word Docs and other doc formats with OpenOffice Writer Portable (not sure about AbiWord Portable though).

But here is the link to this wonderful extension! https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3076/

Question about installing from exe...

Submitted by Jiboo on December 25, 2006 - 2:55pm

I have just purchased a 2GB U3 drive and wiped it clean. I installed the portable apps program and so far I love it! I'm a bit confused though when it comes to installing programs from EXE files. I installed Keepass and also AdAware, but when I open up my flash drive and go into Portable Apps, I see that there are other types of programs that link to the uninstallers, etc. Is there a way I can remove these from my menu? I'm not sure if I'm installing them properly or not, but any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Perhaps I am not getting something with this....

Submitted by Preston_Flax on December 25, 2006 - 1:26pm

I am not as technically adept as most of the people posting here. The last time I actually programmed anything was when Z-80s and 6502s were considered state of the art. So, be patient with my questions. When I stick a U3 USB drive into a computer, the U3 Menu automatically loads and is in the bar at the bottom of my screen. When I stick in my USB with PortableApps in my computer, the icon for USB changes, but the menu does not automatically load. Is this due to some setting on my computer for how it processes the autorun.inf file? I thought that the autorun.inf file that is in the PortableApps installation would automatically start the menu.

Moderators

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Submitted by Ryan McCue on December 24, 2006 - 5:03am

I don't suppose since we are getting hosted Developer pages, we might get some moderators on the forums *hint hint* Blum
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Firefox Portable

Submitted by opensource_forever on December 23, 2006 - 9:17pm

Will firefox portable decrease the life of your usb stick? Since web browsers freq write to the disk to store temporary web files and USB sticks have a limited times it can be written to.

Bookmark synchronization tool

Submitted by Day on December 22, 2006 - 2:16pm

I'm looking for a simple way of synchronizing bookmarks from Firefox installed on PC and from portable one. I googled it and all these fancy programs came up where you can make bookmarks accessible via FTP etc. All I want is just with one click make the bookmarks on portable and normal Firefox be the same.

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