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Disconnect USB automatically

SHADOW-XIII's picture
Submitted by SHADOW-XIII on March 6, 2006 - 5:19pm

As you all knows after connecting USB hardware, new icon on the tray appears where you can disconnect (safely) your USB hardware, so you will not loose any data.
But there are few problems with it:
- maaaany clicks
- even more clicks if the drive isn't prepared to be disconnected ...

So I would like to ask, if anyone knows a script or something (or maybe there is a special executalbe with some extra parameters) that after running it will try to disconnect device over and over again until it's finished.

Why PortableApps only for M$ Windows !

Bashir's picture
Submitted by Bashir on March 6, 2006 - 2:53pm

Now ... i'm using this suite of Apps it's so great but the big two qustions are :

Why Linux users cann't use this nice suite ?

i'm Linux user i've poor experience about programming so i cann't found the right path to join with development team for this wonderful suit ,so how i can join to Linux development team to make this suit work on Linx too?

My own app here ??

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 6, 2006 - 2:41pm

What about submitting own apps.

I think I have invented a real portable network killer-app.

The good thing: It´s available for windows ans linux, has the same commandline-syntax and supports the same file-format. The best thing ever: It´s damn tight and solves many many problems using about 25 different internet-protocols.

So .... wanna know more ?

Everything gpl, everything for free, everything could be done by a simple click!

Portable EditPad?

Submitted by AnthiStatic on March 6, 2006 - 10:58am

Hi!

Just a quick no0b question about what "makes" an app portable...

As EditPad is my texteditor of choice i have noticed that it has a "Save registry space by storing settings in an INI-file" setting.

Would i be able to install EditPad to my USB drive and use the INI-file setting to make it work as expected? It sounds a little to simple...

(BTW, I have no USB drive att eh moment...)

//Static

To fix the language

Submitted by Tuxmouraille on March 6, 2006 - 9:46am

Hello, I need to know what are the lines's scripte to fix the language.
I explain, I'm french and I hate when my portablesofts use the local language when the local language is not french, and I want to know how I can fix the language with the launcher, then how can I do that.

Best USB keychain drive?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 5, 2006 - 1:10am

What is the best USB stick to put on my keychain? It needs to be rugged and durable like the metal keys that accompany it on a keychain. I have had a Cruzer Micro 128 on my keychain for 2 years and it has done well. after 128, they changed the design and it does not look as durable.

Any suggestions?

Proggie Musings...

Submitted by Ashes for Tears on March 4, 2006 - 2:09am

This is just an interesting thought (not a suggestion! :p). I'm an avid user of the GMail file server, and the GSpace FF extension. Thing is I don't have a real FTP server (I s'pose I'll have to Google one later). Going through the forums, I stumbled upon the DropUpLoad app again. Wouldn't it be awesome if we could cobble together a kind've hybrid of these two apps? I do have to check if GSpace is open source, but if we could take some code from FileZilla and append it with GSpace code, or create similar if they aren't compatible....*Wheels are starting to turn...* Hmmm...Do you guys think it could be done?

Portable App version of DLLHELL

Submitted by Greavette on March 4, 2006 - 1:09am

I stumbled upon something that Microsoft made available to the Windows 2000 and XP operating systems. There are two ways to ensure an application uses the correct .dll and .ocx files without having to register these files using the systems registry. The first is called DLL/COM redirection (windows 2000). The second is called side-by-side assembly (windows XP only).

To get to the point and then give details after, I've been able to use side-by-side assembly to successfully redirect ccleaner.exe to use the required .ocx and .dll files without registering them in the registry on my Desktop XP Pro.

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