PortableApps.com Platform

There is a bug with the pinned PortableApps Icon and Menu (it may or may not be confined to Windows 8 but I believe not)/
I find I need to click the icon in the Notification Area (formerly SysTray) to bring the Menu to the front and over the top of foreground windows as double-clicking on my Start.exe link pinned to QuickLaunch fails to do so.

Forsome reason, the PortableApps Platform loads extremley slowly I do have quite a bit of application; I guess I could weed out the ones I don't use, but I was wondering if their was anyother way to speedup the loading process.

I have it load at the startup of the computer 'Win 7 Ultimate 64X'.

PA cannot connect through proxy server.

Is it possible to add a setting menu such that when you right click on the program it is one of the options available. The setting menu will work with AppNamePortable.ini located in the AppNamePortable directory next to AppNamePortable.exe. This way you remove one more need to manually edit files in the directory.

I have used PortableApps for many, many, years. Just on my desktop in recent years. I used to keep a flash drive and a desktop installed PortableApps platforms in sync with each other. I do not see how to do that anymore. So far, I do not see syncing mentioned on the site - except a couple minor irrelevant references.

Years ago: I would work on one or the other, plug my flash drive into my PC, and they would sync.

Can PortableApps apps on separate devices be synced?

Hi John,

As you requested in topic https://portableapps.com/node/43393, I am making a new topic.
My problem is as follows:
- the updater seems to update my apps, but if I rerun the updater, the apps need to be updated again.
- My PortableApps folder is located within my My Documents folder C:\Users\abcdefg\Documents\PA. The Portable Apps are located in the subfolder 'PortableApps'
- I'm running Windows 8.1 64-bit

Hi,
Is it possible to add a new environmental variable to the platform for PAL:LastPortableAppsDir which will store PAL:PortableAppsDir for next time.
The reason for the request is that the other two available options are either to far in or to far out.

So i installed the portable apps platform, it works great. One problem i have though is the fact that it renamed y thumb drive and changed the logo. The name is required for work so i can collaborate effectively and it would be a pain to change this. Anyone know how to change the name back to work1?

To be honest, I am not sure where this post should be classified, but I can gladly move it if need be. So please advise if the better choice would be " Off Topic" instead of in here as I have placed it already. Thanks.

I have a problem with the updater: When I try to update I get a long list of programs. I try to update all of them, and the updater works for a long time, downloading and updating. When I start the updater again, I get the same list – the programs have obviously not been updated.
I try to download a single program installer and run it, but it says it cannot write to a certain file. When I run the installer as administrator, it works, and the program disappears from the next list.
I suppose there is a silly setting that is wrong. Can you help me?