General Discussion

After installing PNotes I realized the need for a launcher that runs besides PAM also other applications each time I insert the USB drive. The proposed method for this is to use a batch file on the drive which is launched by Autorun.inf. In this file you type the commands you want to be run after or before PAM is launched and of course you must think of running PAM itself. This worked fine just by replacing following line in autorun.inf:

Open=PortableApps.exe

with:

Open=Autoexec.bat

and the file Autoexec.bat looks like this:

autoexec.bat
============
@echo off

I saw some discussions about the problem with disabled AutoRun which prevents the PAM to be launched automatically. There are 2 ways proposed to avoid this problem. One is the listener which needs installation and the other is a tool from Uwe Sieber (http://www.uwe-sieber.de/drivetools_e.html#AutoRun) that can be used to enable the AutoRun for the USB drive. So I suggest for future releases to integrate one of these tools in PAM. The Scenario will then look like this:

I am working on database about portable apps and games. Any suggestions to site?

What kind of files should stuff be? rar/zip, torrent?

WinWGet or DownThemAll! (extention for Firefox)

I was wondering some things about these 2 apps as they seem to do the same thing.

What do you use, why.
What is the main defference.

Your comments & suggestions would be helpful.

i just installed PA on my 250gb external HD. its a seagate free agent go. it uses 2 USB ports and no AC power. anyways, i did a full format before installing PA and for some reason when i use it on either of my 2 comps running Home premium 64bit it simply wont safely remove. i dont even have to run anything. say i just plug it in and dont open anything on it. if i try to close the PA program in my taskbar and then safely remove it will say its being used by something. is this common and how do i remove safely in that case.

Hey guys just become a member today and wanted to say hello i have just started making apps and am having lots of fun have done office 2007 adobe cs3 and stuff like that done about 10 in all but am struggling with nod32 and malwarebytes but still working on it anywaz nice to be here

Sorry for shouting so loud

here's a page that give some link that contain a trojan:
https://portableapps.com/node/8835

detected with avast and the pictures in the archive clearly show how silly this one is

Trouble switching bet vista & linux --- error messages (firebird) not saving to sent file (thunderbird)

Are there any thumbdrive applications for...

1 - File Copying
... I'm trying to copy the entire My Documents folder to another disk and XP Pro tells me some of the file names are to long... and then aborts the copy. Then I have to spend a lot of time to try and find out which file... change the name... then completely start over as the XP Copy command won't resume where from where it aborted.

2 - Disk Imaging Application
... We need a simple thumb drive application that will let us...
..... Create an image of a hard disk (Saved to a CD or DVD, of course)

The Logging int he IRC channel has gotten out of control. Several times a day I, along with other regular users are told to read the logs to see "well tommy called bobby a name" or "IRCuser33 is a total n00b look what he asked!" and Other JUNK like that.

This is madness.

The logging was put in as a teaching tool, for us to review support, see how stuff worked, and try to make support better. not to tattle on our fellow portableappers and see who says what about who, and to spy on what they say about each other while I'm not in the room.