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Google Chrome: how to save user data in the Portable App folder?

Submitted by magnum2000 on March 14, 2019 - 9:47am

Hi All,
I have installed Google Chrome portable on a BitLocker drive protected by password to avoid users not authorized (i have a domain PC) to access my Google session with all saved password.
Even if the App is installed as portable, seems that all users data and customizations are saved in local AppData folder in Windows.
So if a user access to my Windows session and install a standard version of Google Chrome, it automatically has all my saved data.

It's possible to completely isolate Chrome in the portable folder?

Thanks

Block Windows Group policies on a FireFox Portable App

Submitted by braben on March 3, 2019 - 3:07pm

Hello,

I am looking for an option so our Windows FireFox Group Policy in Windows Active Directory does NOT affect/influence our Portable App (the latest version) in Windows 8.1
At this time it realy does...

Does this exists? I am NOT looking for on option on the properties off the GPO in Windows Active Directory. I already discussed this with our GPO experts ( in Enterprise of 30000 workstaions)

With kind regards, Ben

The updater doesn't update anymore

Submitted by Stamm on February 26, 2019 - 10:46am

Each time I launch the updater, it says that the following apps are available :

  • 7-Zip 19.00
  • McAfee Stinger 12.1.0.3047
  • Mozilla Firefox 65.0.1
  • Notepad++ 7.6.3

When it finishes, the apps are still the old version. The updater seems to work on the surface: it's downloading, the progress bars are filling, etc. But no work is done in the end.

Is there a way to enable logs to see what happens behind the scene?

Freeciv - Translate doesn't work

Submitted by whitetiger on February 21, 2019 - 3:09am

If I change the language in LanguageSetting, Freeciv is always started in English.
Instead if I follow the instructions on this page, launching Freeciv directly from the folder (without going through PortableApps), the game is started with the correct language.
https://freeciv.fandom.com/wiki/Interface_Language
The only difference is that on portable apps the file is called freeciv-gtk3.cmd and not freeciv-gtk2.cmd.

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