General Discussion

Hi All,

I have recently seen the porableapps site and started downloading apps from it. It is really helping me a lot and this is really awesome. I have downloaded Java 6update31 from portable apps and I have extracted it to a folder in my desktop. Now how can I use it? I guess I need to change the enviornment settings and point to this folder. But I dont have access to change the enviornment variables. Now can anyone help me in how to use this java 6 update 31? when I open command prompt and type java -version, it still shows the same old version.

Thanks,
Chaitanya.

I want to use Google Chrome Portable from a locked, write-only partition on a USB stick. However, an error message says this can only be done if the user allows writing to a temporary file on the host computer. I do not want to do that. Is there a way to change configuration or other files to allow such use?

Im not sure if this has been discussed but i have been pulling my hair out trying to figure out why the option to "Pin to Start Menu" is not available for "PortableApps.comInstaller".

Finally figured out the reason.. it contains the word "Installer".
which is prohibited by Microsoft.

To remove "Install" from the list of prohibited words:
- navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileAssociation
- make a backup of registry key
- double-click on "AddRemoveNames"
- delete "Install"
- save
- reboot for changes to take affect

I use my portable apps drive at school quite often and the tech department has avg set to do a removable device scan. This is annoying for me because it has to scan all of the portable apps that I have installed. This process takes FOREVER, and I often just shut down the computer so I can get my flash drive back. Is there any way that I can tell AVG to exclude the portable apps directory or stop the scan without having access to the control panel?

Thanks in advance.

I have tried to write some code in another post (see my post with the subject Solution for the standalone version), but it's impossible. Amongst other things I used the signs "". But at the "Entry" not the correct content will be depicted. The same occurs for "TrimRight". What should I do?

radiosure failed to install so i opened up a new folder, (name it Radiosure) under 'Explore' copy and install it there, upon install tick 'install as a portable' direct it to instal into the folder you just created. Thats it, go into the folder and create a shortcut from the 'Radiosure application' then simply cut/copy/paste the shortcut in the music folder. But if anybody can perfect this app plz notify me

There is not much in the archives on using portables on CDs to prevent removable media from becoming infected. Is there a complete list of portables that function on CDs? To clarify, I do not mean live Linux CDs that need to be booted. I mean portable apps on CDs on public computers that I cannot change the boot sequence in the BIOS to enable them to boot to an USB or CD-ROM.

My removable media including external hard drives and MP3 players became infected with several malware including conflicker and AMVO. I have not been able to remove it. I purchase a write protected Kanguru flashdrive and a write protected SD card. Are portables functional when the write protection is on?

Are live bootable Linux ISO on flashdrives and SD cards functional when the write protection is on?

I wanted to ask everybody a quick question about file associations. At first, I was planning on having each app only list associations for what it associates itself with locally or what can be associated within the app itself (if it has a 'register filetypes' function internally), as that seems to best duplicate the functionality you get from a local app.

Make installing fonts easier! -- This utility copies fonts from the Documents\Fonts folder before PortableApps starts up. Just a quick batch file, it will make the Fonts folder if it doesn't exist. Just copies every time, so if you have many fonts you'd probably only want to run this once and a while.

NOT INTENDED TO BE SELF PROMOTIONAL - Its just a simple utility that I thought would be good for the general public.