General Discussion

Hello. I just discovered this utility and I was trying to figure out if Portable Apps Installer includes Portable Apps Creator or are they 2 separate programs? I am interested in installing software onto a USB drive to carry around with me.

Thanks,
Ben

A new version of Task Coach has just been released. As I am (slowly) migrating to portable open source applications, I have yet to migrate to a decent task manager. Has anyone prepared a decent comparison of Task Manager and the Lightning add-in for Thunderbird? I don't know which way I should go and would appreciate advice, thoughts, etc.

Just installed portable apps, How do I install "Open Office on my 4 Gig stick?

Hey everyone.

In need of VPN protection for WiFi's, hotels... when traveling.
What is the best portable VPN that I can start from my USB?
Where can I download such portable VPN?

Is there anything special needed in regards to running the portable vpn as opposed to
regular VPN's (anchorfree, packetix, ultravpn that I used before) that I use when I take my lap with me.

Thank you.

I've got a simple question that has baffled me for a long time.
When downloading a new portable application, I first open the .paf.exe file and the app is installed on my USB drive.

But there seems to be two .exe files that can be used to launch the application??
One of the .exe files is in the App/App-name folder.

The other .exe file is in the App-name folder. This .exe file is much shorter than the other .exe file in the App/App-name folder.

Clicking on either file seems to open the app.

Are there any documentation on: Guidelines, How-To or anything regarding themes and theming the PortableApps.com Menu?

I'm thinking of engaging in a personal challenge and designing a theme for my portableapps.com menu. Many people have made themes before [good and bad] yet there is no documentation on building a theme for the PA menu anywhere. At least Google has not pulled anything about it other than bugs regarding the use of themes on older PA menu versions and or websites hosting themes.

What I mean is.

What format must all images be.

I downloaded the platform only, because I could use a different language, and added the applications that I needed, but on the main menu, only the Document Folder works as expected: the Music, Image and Video dont.

Any suggestions to fix that

I went through quite a few steps, figured out how to use PortableApps to run IrfanView and other Windows standalone programs in Ubuntu. Anyone interested in the details, see http://raywoodcockslatest.blogspot.com/2010/06/ubuntu-1004-irfanview-and...

I've successfully used Wine to run PortableApps in Ubuntu. Next issue: can I name a WinXP portable application program, running in PortableApps, to be the default program that runs when I double-click on a certain file type in Ubuntu?

For instance, in Nautilus, I double-click on a .wav file. I want my favorite Windows XP WAV player to open up and play that .wav. Can it be done?

It would be helpful to have a forum for using PortableApps in Linux. I see there are plans for a Linux version of PortableApps, but I'm not sure if that's the same thing. I want to talk to others about using Windows apps in Linux via PortableApps. Thanks.