General Discussion

Hello all, I am new to this so I am sorry if this sounds stupid
I have been using portable applications for a while now and recently upgraded to windows 7 but every time I try to launch an application it gives an error message

'Main program has stopped working,
windows is searching for a solution'
and soon after the application shuts down, some applications have a little pop app on the side saying something about thinapp suit packer

all these software ran well in xp, but I can't even run firefox or skype any more..

I'm wanting to clarify if freeware online installers are ok to be included on the development test release table. This came up in a recent discussion and I couldn't find anything on the forums to indicate as such.

John, can you clarify this and if there isn't a hard and fast rule as yet would anyone like to weigh in with what they think on the matter.

Thanks

Hi guys, first post here so if I have posted this in the wrong forums I am greatly sorry. I was reading a blog post about U3 v. PApps.com and in the comments someone said just install portable apps within U3. Is this possible, if so how do I do it? I had to reinstall U3 because I tried using PackageFactory (Wouldn't delete app). Please do not ask why I am using U3.

Just discovered this site and found myself wondering what the drawbacks are for portable applications? Google wasn't much help on this. Not being a professional programmer, I don't understand why it isn't EASIER to create a portable application as opposed to using Windows's labyrinthine User, AppData, and so on directories.

I really don't know if this is due to my ignorance but I came across this
link: [link removed] while looking for plugins for GIMPPortable
this site doesn't seem legit, it doesn't have any of the icons that portableapps.com has.

[Don't post links to sites that seem suspicious or anything like that; in this case, it's a known mirror site - and a great nuisance they are - mod Chris]

First and formost I would like to thank all the talented people that have made this wonderful site and application available for someone like myself.

I would like to know what is the best way to ensure that I have the most current versions of the Portable Apps applications?

Is there a set way in which these applications should be updated to the latest versions.

Thanking any and all for your technical support.

Hello,

Is there a way to pin a portable application on the task bar (or in the menu)? I am not interested in pinning and using a second copy of Firefox as discussed in a previous discussion, but I would love to put a shortcut of "StartPortableApps.exe" in the taskbar.

Alternately, I am looking at a less cumbersome way of starting PortableApps. Right now, the following happens when I insert the USB key
– System churns for a few seconds and finally shows the "Auto Exec" window

Has anybody seen the write-ups for the Iomega v. Clone drive?

From what I can see, it is a portable hard drive that is pre-loaded with PortableApps.com applications and pre-configured to allow you to transport all of your stuff from a work computer to a home computer or wherever else, too. They even mention that it is good for backup since you always have redundant copies of your stuff, should one of the machines fail.

I have a couple of questions related to licenses.

1) What license should I use for my launchers?

2) If you make a launcher can I say I made Portable SomeApp or do I have to say I made a Launcher for SomeApp?

3) Can I create a project in SourceForge and host all programs, launchers and scripts Or do I have to make a project for each?

Every cell in your usb stick can be overwrited a limited time, luckely we have a lot of cells and it can be overwrited a lot.
I use my usb stick verry much and love portable apps but one thing pulled my attention: running portable firefox,... keeps it flashing over and over.
its because it downloads its webpages in the cache but isn't it a better programming habit to store everyting in the temporary folder and at the end when closing perform a check and write al changed data to the memorystick.
I think its better but does this fit in the portable idea?
are there anny problems with this?