General Discussion

Wouldn't it seem logical to make just one installer per PortableApp and then have that installer download the setup file and extract it to the directory. Would eliminate the need to re-compile PortableApps when the base app is updated.

I have a .exe app that I want to add to the PortableApps menu. The .exe file, though, is in a sub-directory of the program's folder in the PortableApps folder, i.e.
F:\PortableApps\ProgramNamePortable\bin\
The .exe absolutely must be located in the bin directory. I have tried adding a shortcut like this:
F:\PortableApps\ProgramNamePortable\ProgramsShortcut.lnk
but the PortableApps menu won't add the shortcut.

I was looking at the test release list and saw that it has grown to a size beyond what I think it was expected to. This isn't necessarily a negative however it is the amount of unrequired entries in the list that I found frustrating. It appears there are a number of items that are outdated but are still in the current test release list. I understand many simply need to be moved to the outdated list but there are a number of others which really should be removed outright. An example is SWORD Project which has been superseded by BPBible.

im noob on making portable app, but ive make some for me, anyone want me to make a port.app just pm me,maybe i can give some help or maybe i can make for you, just pm me.

I`ll releasing my project in near this day, it will be my beta test,so let me know if theres a bug,thanks

Please read rules, only oss license allowed, for non-oss, ill will make it trial or demo and its only for education purpose!!!!

I'm just wondering. After the site was back up I didn't see much change except for updated apps.
So what happened?

On June 29th at approximately 4pm NY time, another power issue caused part of RackSpace's Dallas Fort Worth data center to go down (taking RackSpace.com with it this time). As with last weekend, this hard crash of the server corrupted our database table space and, after power was restored, it took several hours to get up and running again and ensure that everything was preserved. No data was lost and all database indexes are intact.

We should have a store on PortableApps.com where people can buy flash drives with the portableapps icon on them (like the flash drive on the preloaders for portable apps) and preloaded with all the software, and maybe a few shirts too. I bet there are people who would kill for stuff like that, and they could also help the project.

Just a thought

Hi again,

NVU and Kompozer are kind of abandoned and old... and they have some issues with Win Vista.

Do you know about another portable open source html editor or that can be portabilized?

What's your opinion about Bluefish, Amaya and Xinha?

Comments are appreciated...

Piriform started to offer a U3 version of CCleaner on their website (Click)

But their not offering any version for PortableApps.com (.paf)...
Obviously we can use any portable app with the PortableApps menu quite easily. (We can rename and remove icons to fix any mess we get to(redundant icons)).
But having a .paf format app is nicer.

...Jerks.

I thought it would be helpful to create a list of programs that can be compacted using the PortableApps.com AppCompactor. I know that the PortableApps hosted here have been compacted prior to being posted. I was wondering if we could create a list of other programs that the AppCompactor can compress without negative effects (program won't launch after being compacted, etc.)