General Discussion

First off, I really love portable apps and all the development that has been going on towards portablizing apps...it's been a long time coming.

AFter using it a while I was thinking that it might be advantageous to separate the settings from the apps.

So something like...

\PortableApps\FireFox
\PortableApps\FileZilla

\Settings\FireFox
\Settings\FileZilla

While this might seem like more to manage now that each app has TWO folders, I think it would help for the following reasons:

Havy anyone image viwer portable?
I need!
thank´s

I'm new to Portable Apps & U3 & have some questions around security for Portable Apps. I like the security in U3 but want to can it & move completely to Portable Apps. Does anyone know of any plans to build security into Portable Apps or can anyone recommend a good piece of security software for securing folders on my USB key?

Thanks

Steve

how does the PAM change the icon on a flash drive from the "Removeable Disk" icon to the "Portable Apps" icon? i am really curious.

Is there anyway for me to add custom folders to the portable apps menu? I would like to put a games button next to the music, video, and pictures. (I have some really small flash games)

BTW, I apologize if this is already somewhere on the fourms (I could not find it) or if I put this in the wrong place or something.

Thank You!

James

Hello!

I wondered a long time right now whether I should update firefox etc with the autoupdater or use the download in this forum... are the portable features unusable if i use the autoupdater in the app?? i declined the infotool that reminded me to update my app(s) now many times but there're a lot changes right now in the newer versions and I want to make an update imeditally... My sumerised question:

May I let Firefox (Thunderbird etc.) do his update by itself or should I use the download here and decompress the app about my old version??

Does PortableApps handle only open source software? Or can other no-charge software be included, as long as redistribution is not a problem?

Thank you.

Here's the deal. When MV2 player is installed in the root directory of the drive it works fine. But since I wanted to get to it through the portable apps start menu I dragged and dropped it into the portable apps folder. (The whole MV2 player folder not just the exe). Ok so it works now but the .ini & custom settings revert to default. Next step was to copy the .ini file from my C programs directory installed copy of MV2Player to the USB drive. That didn't fix anything and I checked the ini file in the USB drive and it had my custom settings and skins.

I just made my first portable app (SHWEET!!! ) but the actual app is shareware. I was wondering if I could just post the launcher and the launcher's source and then just include a link to the app in the readme file (or on the post).
I have seen a bunch of posts about this but none of them were clear enough for me to distinguish this. Thank you for any help.
Ben

Hi,

I just came back from an extented stay overseas. I went with a couple of usb sticks and without my laptop. I, of course installed the necessary portable apps (firefox, thunderbird, sunbird). I am going back overseas and bringing my laptop as well as my usb sticks.

I am trying to determine if there is any disadvantage if I install the portable version (instead of the regular version) on my laptop to keep my apps more easily in sych between the laptop and usb? I may still need to use my usb drives when I go to certain countries without my laptop.

Thanks