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launching

Submitted by melenor on April 26, 2007 - 8:00am

alright i have a program that brings up three different programs in the menu, example SciTE when i added it to the portable apps, it added SciTE, appstop, and two others, and i only want one the SciTE, so i tried to make an exe that would launch the SciTE, making my exe the only one to show up, it is a visual basic program, i named added icon tried everything i got it to work outside of the portable apps menu but when i looked into the portable apps menu it had a blank exe that had no icon or name, that was my exe that i made, is there any way to make an exe that would show up like any of t

How do I create a new folder that will display on the portable apps menu?

Submitted by Sassy on April 26, 2007 - 5:21am

I have just extracted the portable apps suite to my usb drive and have a heap of uni work I want to add but I would like the folders to display on the portable apps menu. The answer to this question is probably here somewhere but I couldnt find it Sad Can someone please help me Smile Thanks Heaps Sassy

How to determin how long my USB Flash drive has left

Submitted by MrChris on April 26, 2007 - 12:59am

Since most if not all USB Flash drive fail after so many reads/writes. My question is how does one know when that limit is almost reached? I mean I always have good backs up my data but is there any way to really tell or do you just have to wait for USB Dooms Day? Maybe like a software app that can tell how many reads/writes have been made on a given flash device?

Regards,

MrChris

Secure web access through firewalls with Portable Apps

Submitted by oneandoneis2 on April 25, 2007 - 11:00am

I hope this doesn't fall foul of the "self-promotion" rules - if it does, I apologise in advance.

I've written a little guide on how to use Portable Apps together for secure web access, regardless of where you're browsing from. The text is listed below, with a link at the very end to my web page, where some additional screenshots are displayed. Any feedback on the guide would be appreciated.

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If you have to use Windows from various locations/computers, and are frustrated by firewalls or worried about who might be snooping on your browsing, this guide is for you.

Hiding .exe files in Portable Apps Menu

Submitted by gomezadams on April 25, 2007 - 9:59am

I have installed a few extra applications into the Menu structure as per the supplied instructions.

Some of these directories contain more than one .exe file, but I only want to see the main program file listed on the menu. Is there any way to "hide" a .exe fime from the Portable Apps Menu?

I tried renaming the unwanted files, rescanning and then naming them back, that worked until I ejected and re-inserted my stick.

Any suggestions gratefully received.

Mark

Portable Apps menu question, apps in folders??

Submitted by robw on April 25, 2007 - 8:20am

Hi,

First of all sorry if this ends up in the wrong part of the forum.

Is it, or would it be possible to have an option to group applications in folders? Like in the Windows Start menu and the earlier version of the PortableApps menu??

The new version is a big plus to the old one, but I miss my sets of folders grouping everything on app type Wink

cheers,

rob

Cant run the exe

Submitted by mjm8975 on April 25, 2007 - 8:03am

Hi,

I have just installed the portableapps suite but when I click the startportableapps.exe I get an error message saying "only part of a readprocessmemory or writeprocessmemory request was completed".

Anyone any suggestions?

Just bought a Lexar 4 GB Lightning. Got lots of questions :D

Submitted by iPood on April 24, 2007 - 8:55pm

Hey everyone.

I have been using portable apps on an old sandisk cruzer (512 MB), but now that i bought a 4 GB Lexar drive, i have lots of questions.

1. Should i keep the Ceedo software that came with it and run both PortableApps and Ceedo simultaneously? it seems to me that Ceedo has more programs, but i don't know if they are functional on PortableApps as well...

2. Also, I was wondering if there is any equivalent to Argo Application Installer, for PortableApps? i have not used it but it seems to be incredibly useful (it installs ordinary programs onto your flash drive).

Resolution Change... Autorun?

Submitted by Howwarrd on April 24, 2007 - 5:27pm

I currently use Autorun + a batch file to load up my apps and get everything running quicker with my USB thumb drive for work. My questions is... is it possible to change the display resolution using either a command line, or a small application that can be run from a thumb drive? This is all happeneing on Windows XP Pro machines with up to date Windows antiviral etc...

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