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[Fixed] PortableApp Updater installation language question

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Submitted by renetrevi on January 22, 2013 - 11:15am

Hello, when I select Check for Updates, begin to download the application and start to install, the application asks the installation language as default I have Spanish (Latin America).
Is there any way to put this language default and automatically select or not ask? Since updating left and stops applications for this reason.
Greetings.

Slow startup on all secondary computers

Submitted by SimonT on January 20, 2013 - 1:16pm

I am running Windows 7 32-bit on all 3 of the computers I'm testing on- two desktops of roughly equal performance, and a netbook.

I set up all of the PortableApps things on my desktop computer, and it is in a Dropbox folder synced to the rest of my computers. Startup time for the PortableApps.com launcher is very fast on this computer- a couple of seconds, no issues whatsoever. I don't have more than, say, 20, apps installed.

Change of launch behaviour with recent core update ??

Submitted by softfoot on January 17, 2013 - 11:27am

I have a launcher that launches an editor.

The editor itself is capable of merging multiple instances so that separate launches with different source files get displayed as tabs within a single instance.

This used to work without problem - but recently I have noticed that launching a second (or 3rd) instance causes the second to run as a separate process and not get merged.

The Prortable.ini file has the following set :-
DirectoryMoveOK=yes
SingleAppInstance=false
SinglePortableAppInstance=false

[Request] Bigger icons.

Submitted by ramy_maia on January 15, 2013 - 6:40am

I have a big screen at work, and it's very difficult for me to go through the apps menu with their tiny 16x16 size, i physically have to move my head closer to the screen.
It would be great to offer bigger icons as an option (32x32 or even 48x48). I think it will be usefull for those who are using large displays (and large resolution), and those who have vision proplems.

Idea and Request - Folder Extension for all portable apps: "Appfolder.PortableApp"

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Submitted by shornby on January 9, 2013 - 11:15pm

My apologies if this has been brought up before - I did a search for ".portableapp" and it stripped out the "." from my search.

So - wouldn't it make sense to use a custom folder extension for each app? Mac OS X uses folder extensions for all kinds of things... For instance, On Mac OS Secret
"Finder.app" becomes "Finder" with a pretty app icon.
"WinXP_VM_Folder.VMwarevm" becomes "WinXP_VM_Folder" with a nice VMware icon.

[Request] Silently update apps

Submitted by MPrime171 on January 6, 2013 - 1:03pm

Can we have an option to silently update portable apps on starting up / shuting down PortableApp main exe? Or maybe the ability to silently run PortableAppsUpdater.exe (standalone). I use an application launcher (FaRR) and would prefer to just run the apps directly.

It also would be useful to have a log about PortableApps main exe and updater actions.

Lazy loading

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Submitted by toxi on January 6, 2013 - 8:44am

Will realized the possibility of a delayed start applications when you run the platform in turn launches the application, which is marked "Start automatically"? Because while running 5 - 7 applications is a big load on the disk subsystem.

[Closed] Updates in PortableApps.com Platform 12 Beta 2

Submitted by OLLI_S on January 3, 2013 - 4:10am

Hello,

the PortableApps.com Platform 12 Beta 2 reports two updates for my portable apps:
- Crystal Disk Info 5.2.1
- Free Download Manager 3.9.2.1281

If I click on "Next" then nothing happens, I just get the info that all portable apps are updated.
If I then check for updates, I get the updates shown again.

Is this a bug or a beta limitation?

Greetings

OLLI

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