General Discussion

Can I use the update function in portable programs? Will it not screw up the install and convert the program from portable to non-portable?

Hi,
I'am a first-time user of a U3-stick and I'am glad to say: It works very well!
I'm using an 'Intuix'-U3-usb-stick with its own menu.
When I plug in the stick, I see after some time an extra CD-Rom-drive and an
extra removable-drive-letter.
The extra CD-Rom-drive is 'write-protected' and contains the software that
controls the working of the U3-stick, so that I am able to open and work with
e.g. OpenOfficePortable from the stick.The removable-drive contains all my
documents and programs. (As You know.)

My questions are:
(1) Is it necessary and possible to replace SAFELY the original software from

Windows keeps setting my hard drive to use a recycle bin. This is on one computer, BTW.
I don't know how to set it so that my drive won't use the recycle bin, even if it is a system setting (i.e. will change from comp to comp).
Default system setting is to have drives configured independently and use 10% each. I can change it, but it changes back every time I remount the drive. I have admin privileges and want the C: drive to use a bin.

Any ideas?

It's only been a couple of days since I loaded up my 1Gb LG USB thingy with Portable Apps. It's brilliant, so many thanks to all concerned.
That's not to say things are 100%. I've a couple of issues with macro loaded Excel files which needed a lot of reformatting, and I can't (yet) get TBird to send any emails, but so far I'm mightily impressed.

I've even added a number of other apps to the Portable Apps menu.
-Skype Portable (just ordinary Skype with a portable launcher)
-Chess (a freestanding little prog from seti)
-FreeShip ( a brilliant 3D draughting programme for amateur yacht designers)

Apologies if this is covered elsewhere but I've had a quick scan around and couldn't find anything.

I've been using U3 for quite a while now and although I like the functionality, some things about it bug me - specifically how locked-down and proprietry the software is and how closely it's tied to the hardware. The latter is a particular concern because the U3 installation on my second memory stick, a Disgo, failed after a couple of weeks' usage, which as I understand it is a common problem.

I am therefore seriously considering switching to using PortableApps instead, especially as the main U3 apps I use (FF, TB and OO) are all supplied by PortableApps anyway.

I've installed some apps of my own which seem to work fine as portable like BulletProof FTP Server. However the folder contains many exe files and all of these exe files become listed in the Portable Apps Menu. Is there a way to make them not show in the Menu?

An issue has been cropping up quite a bit lately with people posting links in signatures. Some people have been posting blatantly commercial sites or attempting to self-promote their own community sites. I've been pretty lenient in the past around only correcting people via a direct email message rather than calling them out in the forums... and then only if it's an obviously commercial site or an attempt to create a community site exactly like this one. Or only correcting issues when people email me directly to complain.

can somebody explain how portable apps are made, so we can possibly make our own?

I just joined this forum and wanted to express my thanks for a wonderful idea (portable apps) and an even better implementation.

I have worked in technology since 1975 and over the years I discovered how important it is to be able to do a clean install on my Windows PCs to rejuvenate their performance and restore them to "better-than-new" condition.

Because hardware and driver technology moves so rapidly, as does software, I needed a way to leverage that change and make it work to the advantage of myself, friends, family and clients. My "bare metal clean install" is that way, and it's worked for me for at least fifteen years, perhaps longer.

This might sound silly. But how can I uninstall the apps that have been installed on the flash drive?