General Discussion

Hello,

I really dig the focus on free portable applications here, and I've defiantly starting putting them to use on my flash drive, very nice to be able to bring some of these things with me!

I've run into a little issue though...

I have made a (barely) portable version of Counter-Strike: Source. I say barely as it only fits on a 4GB drive with compression turned on (I use NTFS). Due to both legal and logistical concerns, I cannot post the file, but I would like to provide instructions for those curious as to how to do it.

Before you begin, you should get a copy of 7-Zip (portable is a plus). This will be needed for getting some of the necessary files out of the installer.

The next release will allow greater customization in terms of localization, but one sticking point is the localization of the Documents, Music, Video and Pictures directories. Up until now, it's always used the English versions of those names (which is the same way all the commercial portable software platforms do it). We have the ability to localize it, though, so that if the user wishes, the directories could be in German. This does introduce some hurdles, though.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_hi_te/tec_free_software_lawsui...

I am confused..... from my very limited knowledge of computers. could you tell me if it is possible to install Micro soft Office onto my external hard drive using the original discs and use the portable apps to access and run these programs, or be ambitious and install Photoshop the same way?

[Topic clarified by mod Tim]
was "programs"

we sereously need to implement a different file format to replace JPEG when theming. i came across this problem when i was making one of my recent themes. nomatter what i did or what program i used when saving to JPEG, the file is compressed in such a way that the color ff00ff, used for transparency, is smudged into the other colors thus altering it from the original color and making it show up when implemented onto the PAM.

I just updated the site to Drupal 6.4 to handle a vulnerability and the Views Module to the latest release candidate (it handles the recent posts tracker). Please let me know if anything seems out of whack.

I was wondering what the default launcher that acts as a shortcut to exe in the app folder is used for other than the popup logo. Does it have any effects on the registry if I don't use it?

Sorry if someone has requested this before, I did search but found no other similar feature requests.

I'm just wondering about the possibility of adding an inline search to the PortableApps.com menu, similar to how Windows Vista's inline search works. Search Indexing could be local to the drive and this would make searching much faster than the host machine's search.

An app and 2 games I have on my flash drive.

The app is Aida32, a system diagnostic tool, free and fully portable, and damn useful for the roaming tech. Weighs in at under 5 megs too. Info and download can be found here

The 2 games are Titans of Steel and Well of Souls