PortableApps.com Platform

I am trying to do a complete backup of my thumbdrive using the included PortableApps backup utility. I have tried selecting or unselecting every option but the backup always fails. Can someone please help? Is there some kind of size limit? Will it only do a complete backup if only portableapps are installed? What am I missing?

I have several apps that launch from the Portable Apps launcher. One of them insists on starting in a window rather than full screen. If I were launching from an icon on my desktop, it would be a simple matter to fix this. But I don't know of any way to tell the Portable Apps menu to change the app to launch full screen.

Anyone have an idea? Thanks.

hi i have scoured this forum and have come to the conclusion that i am a dunce lol no in all seriousness i have accidently deleted the .inf file alot of similar pproblems i have found on the site have answers way beyond my personal computing skills so to be breif where can i download the correct .inf file or EASILY (note the exaggeration on easily) create one
any help would be much appreciated
Rich Oz

By using the ^_ symbol on the PAP platform, one gets the "Safe remove hardware" window with all USB hardware pieces, a Properties button and an "End" button (I have the German interface, so translation is approximative). Anyway, it's the same window you'd get by DOUBLE-clicking on the "Safe remove hardware" icon in the system tray. This is leading to confusion, especially since the default of the window is having the "Show components" unchecked and you might have 2 or 3 "USB Mass storage device"s. Then you have to click your way through menus, which is really annoying and error-prone.

is there anyway you can make your own installer, like only installing firefox, vlc and stuff,
like possible ticking the programs you want install

Well I am trying to make a new skin for PA, but I,m having trouble with the transparency. This is what I have so far: http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff99/ilsabav92/Portable%20Apps/backgr... Unfortunately any parts of the image that are supposed to be transparent aren't. I have used both "magic pink" and alpha channels to try and fix the problem, but nothing works. Is it just an issue with the menu engine? Becouse a .png has an alpha channel.

PortableApps suite v.1.5.2, John’s Background Switcher v.3.6 installed on PC

I just found out about PA changing backgrounds while active and tried it. Seemed to work as a great reminder that PA was active and the thumbdrive was still inserted.

Edited to Add: Nevermind. No problem. I'm just not patient enough.
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No sign of this problem in the forum or FAQ, so I'm guessing it's something specific to my configuration. Installing the Suite Standard 1.5.2, from a Windows XP Pro SP 3 machine, to a typical 16GB USB drive.

The installation ran for about 5 minutes, then hung at the point of "Extract: xul.dll... 100%". Installation process is locked up at this point; cannot even cancel it. Have to cancel it through the Task Manager.

I tried to transfer my document files from my PC to PortableApps Documents folder on a memory stick. Now when I click the Documents folder in PortableApps I get a folder named Documents with subfolders named Documents, Music, Pictures and Videos. I then have to click on the subfolder named Documents to get my document files. This is annoying. I would like to go direct from my PortableApps menu to my documents. I have tried renaming each of the document folders in turn, but this did not help. Any ideas please? -Mike

I had hidden all of the OpenOffice.orgPortable icons except the main one, then after updating to 3.0.1 they all came back. I'm not exactly clear on how the renaming mechanism on the menu actually works, but is it possible to make it remember custom names of icons through an update? Not a huge problem, just a minor annoyance. Thanks.