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General discussions of portable apps and news.

Portable Apps vs. Cloud Computing

Submitted by dpihl on May 8, 2009 - 12:06am

I am a friend to everything your portable apps are trying to accomplish.

But am bewildered by the apparent distinction between portable applications and cloud computing. Both seek to accomplish the same thing, although through different approaches.

What I don't understand, is why nobody seems to be interested in leveraging the power of each approach, and creating something even better?

Suite not used - collecting launcher of portable apps in one place

Submitted by chrizio on May 7, 2009 - 4:30am

Suite neither installed nor used.
I wish to have launchers of all my portable apps
to be collected in one place on the pen-drive.
E.g. in a dedicated folder.

Windows shortcuts don't work, they need absolute paths.
How would be the procedure for creating these launchers?

Microsoft Calculator Plus

Submitted by Debray6379 on May 4, 2009 - 5:52pm

Hi all

I had Microsoft Calculator Plus installed on my computer I copied the .exe file to a folder in my portable apps usb drive and it seems to be working? with no glitches

anyway I don't know the legal side of things but I thought I would mention it here incase anyone was interested ...

also would it be worth me asking for this to be made into a portable app?
or is there issues with using Microsoft's stuff???

.3gp with .amr codecs for MPlayer How To?

Submitted by Debray6379 on May 4, 2009 - 5:34am

Hi all
I'm new to portable apps and MPlayer and was wondering if someone could tell me in easy steps how to add codecs to MPlayer please

specifically I wold like to be able to play .3gp video with .amr audio as that is what my Phone records video in

**note** MPlayer plays the .3gp video just has no audio

thanks for a great idea and your help

PortableApps.com Format/Installer Progress, Opinions Sought

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Submitted by John T. Haller on May 4, 2009 - 3:53am

The new PortableApps.com Installer and Format has been released:
https://portableapps.com/development/portableapps.com_format
https://portableapps.com/apps/development/portableapps.com_installer

I've been making a lot of progress on finalizing PortableApps.com Format and the PortableApps.com Installer for generalized use. As discussed previously, the installer is switching to an INI-based configuration so that publishers and devs won't need to write any code to get an installer.

Here's what the appinfo.ini file will be looking like:

[Format]

Anything to password protect access to the entire drive?

Submitted by rahulm on May 3, 2009 - 3:18pm

First off:

Hi guys, I'm new to the forum. I've recently purchased a Kingston Hyperx (got a great deal on eBay, 30 bucks for the 8gig). They are pretty expensive in Canada. I was really interested in a U3 drive and had my heart set on one, until I discovered that the entire project was in the process of being scrapped. But then I found this site and it was all good, same usability on a much faster USB drive.

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