General Discussion

First, I wasn't sure where to post this question so I apologies if it is in the wrong section.

I would like to know if I may use the PortableApps Icon on my website. I plan to sell a service to create portable versions of apps and games on my website. The image I would like to use can be found at https://cdn.portableapps.com/PortableApps.comFlat_256.png

Hello

I have installed KeepNote on my PortableApps Stick. In the settings of KeepNote there is a section Helper Applications, where you can set the path to applications like your browser, your file manager, etc.

I can set absolut paths, starting with a drivew letter D:\... But when I use the stick at another windows host the drive letter may chance.
I tried relative paths, but I always get errors (application could not be found).

Has somebody managed to use PortableApps applications as Helper Applications?

Kind regards, jandoe

Hi!
I'm trying to make the Gamebase64 application portable (http://gamebase64.com/)
The problem I'm currently running into is that the app needs to run from a "short path".
The program usually installs to c:\GameBase
But I don't want to have to copy the files over there every time since with all the files I added I'm up to over 3gb of data.

So, how should I go at making the program believe it's folder is directly on the root of a drive while still making it portable?

Not finding where I should post this, I decided it would land here.
Being somewhat new at making portable apps, I find some parts of the process somewhat tedious. Not that it's necessarily hard, but some of the tasks required are just plain annoying because of their redundancy (like creating folder structures).

In testing out performance issues on LibreOffice Portable, I've determined that Windows 10 anniversary update positively kills font API performance. It's to the point that my old ASUS T100 tablet with a Z3735 cpu running Windows 10 pre-anniversary update launches LibreOffice Portable 5.2.1 from a USB3 drive faster than my Dell i7 desktop running Windows 10 anniversay does from an internal Samsung 840 Pro SSD.

This may or may not be related to MS14-045: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2982791

In order to install PortableApps on some internet-less (or very-slow-internet) computers, I'd like to have a couple of options:
- download all setup files of my currenty installed apps (on my computer where I have a *fast* internet connection)
- keep setup files when I update my installed apps (see above)
I noticed that all those .paf.exe files are actually downloaded in a temp folder but they are automatically deleted when the update has been completed.

TIA for your help

Hi!
I'm now working on another program and I want to completely block the changing of file associations on the system.
Is there a way to do that no matter the OS?

I read that it's possible using the registryvaluewrite function but the instructions given are not all that clear on how this would be possible...

In working on the startup speed of LibreOffice Portable, I've been considering how long it takes the Windows API to handle loading the fonts in. This process takes place every time you start LibreOffice Portable and the fonts are removed every time you exit. LibreOffice has bloated up to include 86 fonts as of 5.2.1. I'm not sure how much this is an issue, though, as I don't have a good setup to test on.

I have downloaded all apps except BPBible and Colour Contrast Analyser,I have used VPN and reinstall windows 7 to download BPBible and Colour Contrast Analyser from portableapps platform internal app installer,still doesn't work.

Hi!
I've been working on a launcher for the Windows Moviemaker6 and am stuck with an annoying glitch I can't seem to shake off.
Here's what's going on.
I have a launcher for both the 32 bit and the 64 bit versions of the program along with a bunch of registry keys. Everything seems to go well. Keys get saved and all, but when I look in the task manager, the portable launcher stays running even if I closed the program. And killing it causes the launcher to say it wasn't properly closed on last run.