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Please change the default behaviour to disable splash screen

Submitted by papps_user on June 19, 2012 - 6:02pm

Portableapps.com is beautiful site and effort to creating portable apps.

Having the splash screen is a little waste of time in the app loading and unnecessary. We all know how good portableapps.com is and there's no need for further advertising. It is known in its own right. So please disable it.

Installation / upgrade logs

Submitted by papps_user on June 19, 2012 - 5:59pm

When I run the paf.exe file it either installs or upgrades. When it upgrades, it deletes some files also. It is great that paf.exe file takes care of upgrade intelligently (presumably without loosing old settings and any new settings that were not present in old version, will nicely get merged etc when we start using the app).

It would be useful to see a log of the installation/upgrade process (especially upgrade of course). Presently when I click "show details" it shows deleting.., extracting..., etc but these are lost the moment installation/upgrade is done.

Symantec flags portableapps.com as a fraudulent site

Submitted by JKEngineer on June 15, 2012 - 8:25pm

I generally access the website using IE. I used Chrome Portable today and when the page was half loaded I got diverted to a new page without a URL that stated that a Norton/Symantec chrome-extension was blocking access because this is a known fraudulent site. I have sent an email to an address I found on the Symantec site, but it may not be the right one.

I tried the page in IE with no problem.

This may be the extension that pulled the trigger:
Norton Identity Protection 2012.5.4.6
Symantec Corporation

Here's the text of the page:

Fraudulent Web Page Blocked

Newbie to making portable apps with PortableApps

Submitted by Crusisx on June 15, 2012 - 3:02pm

Hello, my Name is Crusisx and I would love to learn how I can make a portable app with PortableApps. I want to learn what will be needed in order to make a successful portable app, what programs do you recommend for building the portable app? What is the basic breakdoawn of everything i need to do step by step in order. If someone can give a in depth explanation so a newbie like me can comprehend everything I will gladly appreciate it.

Want to launch RocketDock automatically after inserting USB drive

Submitted by Henry Navin on June 3, 2012 - 10:50am

I want to launch RocketDock automatically after I insert my USB drive.

I have an autorun.inf file which I use to designate an icon for my drive. Although I have tried using OPEN and ACTION to list RocketDock in the Autoplay menu, the menu remains unchanged.

Portable Startup Utility will launch RocketDock, but I still have to launch Portable Startup Utility.

There must be some way to accomplish this simple result, but what is it?

Silent installation of a .paf.exe (with the latest installer)

Submitted by Lorry4000 on May 30, 2012 - 6:19pm

Hi, excuse me first for my request but it's for an important cause.
I'm working for disbled people and I need your help.
I need a command line switch to silent install Libreoffice package.
I will use a simple batch file.

I hope in your useful reply.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Lorry

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