General Discussion

I have existing USB drives that already have data on them.

Just want to clarify that I can install PortableApps without losing any of the data on the drives ?

Hello @all, hi John,

we need any kind of hint to the German pages on PortableApps.com.

Thanks the work of the German Team with Simeon, Andreasma and me we have German
pages online for all published Apps.

But no one will find them cause there is no hint on it on PortableApps.com.

What can we do to get it?
Any kind, text string or flag is welcome and better than no hint.

Kind regards

How can I rename the apps in the menu? I saw an executable on here somewhere, but I'd rather rename the apps manually. Is there some way to do it?

Also, what about icons in the start menu for the apps? Can those be changed?

Just wanted to post this since I discovered it. I know some folks have discussed formatting flash drives using NTFS to get the extra file integrity stuff (since its a journaling file system). Well, it seems that Vista doesn't play very well with NTFS formatted flash drives. Just copying a BMP file from the Desktop to the drive pops up the UAC and requires admin permission. And some apps were having trouble writing back to the drive.

Anyone else seeing this? If this is just how it is, we should probably be sure people know about it.

There was this site I used a while ago that lets you create a community toolbar for free. I was thinking that it would be really handy for PA.com to have one. It could be installed on firefox portable. What do you think?

Possible features App Updates by RSS, PA.com google search, etc.

http://www.conduit.com/

I hope this is in the right spot to post this, if not feel free to move it. Does anyone know of an application that will change the wallpaper when I put my flash drive in the computer. Even better would be if it changed the whole theme. Anybody know of an app that would do this?

TIA,
Brennan

so I have been using (and loving) portable apps for over a year now. I have also been using Pstart for other portable software that does not work with portable apps. So, I have two start menus on my usb drive, portable apps and pstart. This is a pain, so I placed the actual "portable apps" exe files (ie firefox) into pstart and everything works just fine. My question is, when launching the "portable apps" in this way, do still leave no trace on the pc I am using, or do I need to lauch those apps within the portables apps start menu to get the security benefits?

I'm fairly new to this - Is there a program for portable apps like the U3 password? i.e. When I insert my usb with portable apps menu installed , Is there a way to password protect access to the drive ordo I have to try and protect each application?

Hi everyone,

I'm interested in what brand(s) of USB drive u think is good and has worked well for u. and their read/write speeds.

I currently have 3 usb drive:

1GB SanDisk Cruzer Micro w/Skins
Speed: 18328 KB/s read,4428 KB/s write

1GB LG USB Drive
Speed: 7600 KB/s read,2800 KB/s write

512MB TekQ
Speed: 10102 KB/s read,930 KB/s write

Is it better to install to each drive, one at a time, or is it ok to install to one drive (or directory) and then copy and paste all the files to another drive (or directory)?