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Can't 'pin' PortableApps to status bar - Multiple Instances

Submitted by benway6 on August 23, 2012 - 8:24am

Thought I'd pin PortableAppsPlatform.exe to the status bar so I wouldn't have to open the USB drive each time and run it. What happens, though, is a new instance is started each time you click it.

I've seen programs have the option "allow only one instance", but didn't see this in PortableApps anywhere...

For instance, running Objectdock, that hides the status bar, you have no access to PortableApps, so pinning it would allow you to bring it up as needed.

mollum verification

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Submitted by Gord Caswell on August 18, 2012 - 9:54pm

While I appreciate having mollum activated, and hope it cuts back on the spam, I wonder If there's a way to disable the verification for users that have had a specified number of posts successfully submitted?

I haven't looked at the module recently, might be able to figure it out myself before John replies, if so, I'll post the answer to my question here.

[EDIT] fixed post title

completely sandboxed portable applications?

Submitted by minhnhatx on August 18, 2012 - 12:48am

Hello.
I have looked everywhere and cannot find the type of portable app creator that I want.
Basically I want to create a portable application that is sandboxed.
For example, if you open a portable Firefox and go to File-->"Save page as", and save the file on desktop,
the sandboxed Firefox would not save the webpage to desktop
but instead it would save to
%Firefox portable Directory%\Sandbox\%root directory%\Users\Admin\Desktop\

Check for Updates?

Submitted by DaveI on August 13, 2012 - 2:17pm

I've noticed twice that it "seems" that my
Check for Updates only finds new updates when
I update the Portable Apps Menu itself. When I do that
and then do a Check for Updates it finds new updates.
I update all the new apps (Except I keep an old version
of Thunderbird because I like the Penelope Plugin)...
Then after that it doesn't find any new apps until
the next time I update the Portable apps menu (When a
new version comes out)...Has anyone else noticed this?

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