PortableApps.com Platform

Hello,

Instead of relying on a third-party app, it would be nice if the eject option (add eject confirmation tick box) would shutdown all apps running from the PortableApps drive.

On the site it says "You can organize apps into folders automatically or create your own that work the way you think".

In my PortableApps folder I have the apps organised in sub-directories based on categories, however the Platform software doesn't list them.

Do I need to set an option or something?

Yesterday, I installed PortableApps and somes portables applications on a 2 GB USB key. Everything seems to work fine.

Today, when I plug in the USB key, Windows 7 asks to format it.

So, I format it (FAT32), reinstall everything and check it again. Everything worked fine. Then, I remove the USB key using the eject button in PortableApps menu and plug it in again. Once more, Windows asks to format the key.

I checked in Window's Computer Management and find out filesystem changed from FAT32 to RAW.

What's the problem?

Hi,

I am running PortableApps 10.0.1 and have no idea how I upgraded it, I think it was version 2.0 before. Is this an auto upgrade?

When downloading new versions do you have to uninstall PortableApps or install over the existing program on the USB drive?

I do not recall downloading 10.0.1. Strange.

Thanks for any advice you can give me.

Apologies in advance if this has been already answered, but I just started using the PA Platform ....

My question: how can I change the list of frequently used folder list (currently "Documents" "Music" Pictures" etc.) to a list of my own choice?

Thanks,
Hari

The subject/title just about says it all. I'm running it on Vista64 on the hard drive (because I hate installing anything I don't have to).

Every time I do the "check for apps" then supposedly "update" 10.0.0 to 10.0.1 as the "required platform update" it asks to close all instances of the PA platform, then click ok.

Since Portableapps is now Start.exe, this very handy program no longer works. I'm certain this program would have been updated to reflect this change, but I cannot find it anywhere. Can anyone point me to the updated version?

10.0.1
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

It seems to me that there have been some changes to the built-in eject utility in the latest build. Now when I eject the drive the normal PA.c icon is replaced momentarily by a white one and I generally (though not always) get an error message saying that the drive can't be stopped.

Here's what I've done to test it:

1. Close all software that's running from the drive.
2. Go off and make a cup of tea (in other words leave it several minutes).
3. Try to eject the drive using the built-in utility.
4. Get error message.

I don't know if this is a bug or a feature request, but what I do know, is that keyboard navigation in the PA app isn't working.

If I press win+alt+spacebar, I'd expect the very next action (selecting an app) to be performed on the keyboard as well, but none of the possible keys seem to do anything. I'd expect the cursor keys to move the selection and I'd expect the tab key to visibly change focus between areas.

Basically, much like the windows vista/7 start panel.

Can this be added/fixed in the next version?

I sometimes would like to run from a write-protected flash drive such as when I am trying to clean up an infected PC. The eject button on the PortableApps panel will not work because apparently it wants to write something to menu.ini? Is there a way to defeat this behavior?