PortableApps.com Platform

Hi there,

im using portable apps behind a proxy server.

sometimes the server wants authentification, however, the PA updater wich wants to download software updates stores the proxy headers as successful downloads.

Even when going online without proxy, it wont download the software package anymore, thinking it had already downloaded them all.
So the updater wont update anymore

Running W7 professional. I can run apps from the PortableApps.com folder on my USB thumbdrive but when I try to run them using the platform, the platform minimizes and the app does not appear. When I check E:\PortableApps\PortableApps.com\Data\PortableAppsMenu, the [TimesRun] counter updates but nothing ever opens. This is independent of which app I select.

Everything worked fine when I tried it on my officemate's XP laptop.

have a complete portable apps setup on the laptops HDD, as well as on my USB stick - this way i can always have the very same setup in both places, well syncronized.

i also found quite a few portable progs that work well directly off the HDD, maybe a bit slower, but with less problems and overhead than 'installed' versions.

what i have NOT succeded: i want the platform to autostart with windows, so it is there and ready after booting. i have tried many systems, it actually shows up in my autostart folder - but it does not start!

anybody ever tried the same and managed it properly?

PortableApps.comLauncherGenerator.exe reports v1.0.0.0 even though it's actually v2.2.0.0.

This is unlike PortableApps.comInstaller.exe which reports the correct version.

It makes it hard to check whether I have the newest version.

I tried to download the libreoffice update through the PortableApps update and it keeps failing.
I also went to the PA website and tried the link there: "http://mirror.nexcess.net/tdf/libreoffice/portable/4.1.3/LibreOfficePort..."

I did a search but couldn't find any references to this.

The PA updater fails/Faults with a download error and Firefox just stops the download at 39.8Mb. I tried both the
I was able to reproduce on 2 different computers and 2 different networks, in fact I could not get it to work at all, but both were running win 7x64.

If I can suggest
There is boost::locale library for C++, not widely used, but...
In short: http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_48_0/libs/locale/doc/html/locale_gen.html
setting env. variable LC_CTYPE or LC_ALL or LANG could extend PortableApps language settings to whole applications, not launchers only.
Please consider that idea.

Several the most important PortableApps (Firefox, UltraEdit, etc) I have defined as shortcuts and pinned to TaskBar.
Commonly used launcher pattern ignores Minimized, Maximized, Normal shortcut settings - launcher is not fully transparent.
To reproduce:
create shortcut to FireFoxPortable.exe
Modify properties: set Start Maximized
Execute shortcut.
FireFox window is not maximized.

Hi,

I am regularly experience problems with updates.
Majority of updates are processed fine, but some of them behaves like this:
- download starts fine
- download process almost goes to end, indicates 100%, but actual downloaded size is 2-5kbytes smaller than indicated to finish
- download keeps trying, but missing data does not arrive, only doneload speed decreases
- finally it gives up, and says Error: Reget error during the download if xxxx.paf.exe

Repeating the process does not help.
I am using it in Hungarian lang.

Currently I experiencing it with the following apps:

In my flash drive directory, the Start.exe should show the icon like it normally does, but if the folder is in tiles view, it shows the same icon as the portableapps.com folder. It looks right in any other view, but not in tile view.

I want the Menu to stay docked in the upper right corner of my screen. I've placed it here repeatedly, but it seems to float around on the right side at random when i start my machine. Would it be difficult to add an option in Preferences for this, or am I just missing something really obvious here?