PortableApps.com Platform

When updating PortableApps (apps, not the entire platform), sometimes I'll get stuck on a really slow download for whatever reason. For example, right now I'm updating CherryTree at about 120kBps more or less. The rest of the PortableApps download at a decent speed (I'm cable of about 5-7MBps here).

Question is, would it be possible to allow up to say, 3 apps at a time to download? Then they can cue up their install process whilst others download in the background.

Just a heads up,

In latest 'PortableApps.com_Platform_Setup_24.0.paf.exe' after installation (update or clean new) in 'appinfo.ini' is wrong (previous) version:

[Version]
PackageVersion=23.1.0.0
DisplayVersion=23.1


Hi, need some help.

Have several copies of Chrome x64 portable, in directories as followed:

GoogleChromePortable64
GoogleChromePortable64_Copy_2
GoogleChromePortable64_Copy_3
GoogleChromePortable64_Copy_4
GoogleChromePortable64_Copy_5

App update succeeds on all copies. But the rename of the shortcut in the Platform gui is lost for all instances except for the one that is for the default app directory; note in addition, all 5 renamed shortcuts where all marked as favorites and 4 no longer show up on favorite list.

Hi everyone,

After close to 3 years of using PortableApps it is time for Me to say goodbye. Ive had several problems in the past and I received more support from the community then from the actual owner/developer of this software. In fact the majority of his replies were that my drive was failing. Im here to tell You that my drive that I have been using for PA and I am still using right now is and has been working fine the entire time with 0 read/write errors and that the problem is/was indeed with the PortableApps program itself.

Is there any app similar to Google Chrome Portable but consumes less RAM and memory?
Chrome Portable is currently like a regular chrome and consumes a lot of RAM, the download capacity is about 250 MB. And about more than 500 MB in use.
Is there a way to reduce these parameters to a significant extent and still be usable? I just used a lot of Google Chrome Portable to view and retrieve messages on Gmail and Twitter for our project.

updating from portableapps.com 22.0.1 to portableapps.com 23.0
Win10 version 22H2 OS Build 19045.2364 64 bit edition

nsis error
error launching installer

Is anyone else experiencing this issue?

Any suggestions how to address this issue?

[PortableApps.comLocaleDetails]
Name=Swahili
LocalizedName=Kiswahili
Version=21.0
Updated=2022-02-10
ContributedBy=John T. Haller
LocaleID=1089
LocaleWinName=LANG_SWAHILI (machine generated)

The words "(machine generated)" should be in the value of ContributedBy not in the value of LocaleWinName.

I also have some questions on the language variable value. I do not know are they error.
LocaleCode3 for Hindi has only 2 letters " hi".
LanguageCode for Igbo has 3 letters "ibo".

Update is impossible, because «Automatic App Closing» does not work – the program has long been closed, but the main window does not see this and reporting about a some «app».
I had to kill:
PS > (Get-Process "*portableapps*").Kill()
Very convenient.

Original Subject: Update is impossible,

[Moved from comment to thread by mod JTH]

The built-in updater is listing lots of updates for the apps on my USB drive. When I click Next to download and install them, it goes to the Downloading and Installing screen, then I get "Downloading 1 of 25: /AppName/" but the lower progress bar just says "Connecting". It gives up trying on the first program, then proceeds to 2 of 25, which fails in the same way. I get "Unable to download the file. This could be due to a proxy or network issue...."

I have tried running the updater with the firewall switched off - exactly the same result.

Any idea what is wrong?