General Discussion

Hi all,

I was "cleaning" one of my USB memories plenty of portable applications and again I had a problem deciding...

I have 5 portable file explorers, each time I need to use one I load 2 or 3 of them at the same time... always trying to compare... but never found an obvious difference

Of course, for a portable device it is too many apps doing the same in a limited space, so I come here again to ask for help deciding pros and cons on this apps.

The apps in question are:
1. Double Commander
2. Free Commander
3. Ultra Explorer
4. Ultra Mage
5. Xenon

I just want to mention this here in the hopes that something can be done about it in the medium term at least.
I'm using a number of programs from this site on a computer with 32 bit Vista and a 1400 x 1050 display (Pidgin, 7-Zip, Xenon, Notepad++, CoolPlayer+), and compared to Windows itself and things like MS Office, the fonts and icons appear to be less crisp - washed out, somewhat blurred. The programs are still perfectly usable, but there is a noticeable difference.
The one exception is FF 3.5 B4.

What exactly, if anybody knows for sure, is the basis for the opposition to open source within the realm of freeware?

I understand Microsoft's opposition, say, to making Windows open source. They don't want someone making a fork of Vista with no registration/activation that's given away free under another name but otherwise does the same thing, because they've sunk however many millions into its development. And Internet Explorer, while free, must be closed for various reasons (I assume, so somebody doesn't stick an ad blocker in it, is a biggie).

I'm trying to update PokerTH Portable and came up with a really crappy installer.
I don't know how to create a "PokerTH Portable.exe file. I thought all I had to do was make a shortcut and rename it. So all I did was copy and paste pokerth (that didn't work). I created an installer though for it that has no splash but does work if you go directly to the folder with the data.

Anyone have a bright idea how to do this?

Thanks.

I'm not sure what to think - I'm using a toshiba satellite notebook with vista on a secure home network. Had portable sudoku installed for quite some time, when it suddenly disappeared from my computer. The folders and all files except for the .exe file were still there, but twice, the .exe file has disappeared - I was able to re-install the first time, but now, get a consistent error informing me that the folder cannot be opened (I'm installing it in the programs folder on my C: drive). Any idea what may be happening? (Probably not relevant, but I'm using Avast anti-virus app).

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Some applications, like Firefox, will alert you when a new version is available. As a rule, is it OK to update the application in this manner or should I await a notification from portableApps.com that a new version is available? Seems like the later, as the application itself may not be written to preserve the portable configuration.

Thanks.

I tried the latest Portable Apps Updater and I'm really confused on how I should use it and how it works.

I have my portable apps in a c:\ drive called "portableapps\

Do I need to install the Portable Apps Updater in the same directory or can it be in a different directory?

And when I execute it, it asks to install Portable Apps 0.90 or something, which when I select a single application, it goes through some processes and says it's been installed. But I can't tell what exactly has been installed and what was updated.

I like the home page that shows new apps, but is there a single page that shows all portable apps and current version, plus the last release date?

Thanks.