General Discussion

I'm thinking about keeping a pre-1.0 release warning on apps that a user uses to create, store or edit their personal data. 1.0 releases are technically considered development versions by most folks in the know (alpha or beta quality) but end-users may not be familiar with this fact. I'm thinking of this:

Pre-1.0 Release Note: This is pre-1.0 software and may have occasional bugs. Backing up your data regularly using the easy-to-use backup utility in the PortableApps.com Platform is recommended.

When I registered for the forums, I couldn't think of a good name at the time. I know a better one now, but do not want to re-register using a new e-mail address. Is it possible to change your display name for the forums? I couldn't find anyyhing on my account page. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Hey everyone, I do own a flash drive, but I also would like to know if a CD could support the PortableApps suite? Thanks for reading!
-Jake

There's been talk recently about running apps with limited privileges on an administrator's account. But how about the other way around. You are a user with limited rights and you need to run something as admin. You can try sudowin. I'm not too sure if it can be made portable, 'cause it's used with the "right-click" context menu, and it seems to require .NET.

There's a new article from TechRepublic entitled 10 things you should do to protect yourself on a public computer.

It might be good to compare what the author says in the article with what people here have been saying.

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I would like to request an update functionality in the Portable Apps Suite.
This way every day/week/month all updated applications will be automatically installed (after authorization of the user).

Thanks

I will be a happy boy when mozilla release the stable version...though how much betas?? ..estimation?? ...im asking this because of the new firefox 3 beta 4 portable app ...the 4th beta...woo.

i tried editing the autorun.inf ...renaming with an icon from iconfactory.. i named it halflife.ico ...and it didn't pop up with the logo...so is it possible or not ?? :/

Is there a way to re-compile ALL visual C++ open source applications with an open source compiler to get rid of external dependencies from closed source DLL's.

I think this is legally the only real way to create real portable apps.

I was wondering if there is a PDF editor that will allow me to fill out PDF forms that are created without a fillable field?

Any suggestions?