PortableApps.com Platform

The update cannot be downloaded error free. After about 45% downloading stops.

Would it be possible to update the same portable app in more than one subfolder of \PortableApps\?

Some people may be intereseted in having:

\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable4Google
\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable4Yahoo
\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable4Microsoft
\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable4Banking

for different browser environments each with different plugins, passwords, settings.

The same for Thunderbird, Chrome, etc.

Could it be possible for PA Updater to scan all (four in this case) folders and update FF6.0.1 to FF6.0.2 in all folders?

Would it be possible to use a local folder as a cache for .paf.exe files?

I.e. PAUpdater wants to update FF6 and it cannot find it in "\\server\paf" so it downloads it from sf.net and saves it in "\\server\paf" then runs the updated PAF exe from "\\server\paf".

This could be a single entry in PAU.ini

LocalCacheFolder=\\server\paf
; or c:\paf or ...

And the logic is quite simple:

Any updates on (unofficial) .NET support? Windows 7 seems to be spreading somewhat, depending on where you are, I suppose. (I'm at a university.)

Another couple clarifying questions:
How does .NET differ from Java for portablizing applications? Aren't there a few portable apps like FirefoxPortable that have to use the host's JVM, or am I totally off? Is the only difference for these applications that the JVM is more widespread on XP than .NET? Does this mean that .NET applications could be supported officially when XP becomes less dominant?

Hi,

I wish to have different Autostart profiles. At home all my standard application should start after the platform starts (email, browser, etc.). But if I connect to a foreign pc I don't want to start all applications.

Maybe its possible to define profiles in combination to the hardware id, windows username or similar.

regards,
Marc

Hi
I added a couple of apps to my drive (Chrome and Filezilla) and then ran into trouble updating them (well Chrome anyway, I haven't tried with the other one.)

So I read up a bit and it seemed to me that if I had the PortableApps platform installed, I could update the apps through that.

So I installed the PortableApps platform, and now I can't figure out to add the existing two apps to the Menu of the platform... I don't want to do a clean install as I've customised the browser extensively with plugins etc...

Thanks for any help.

Is there any way to set a specific sourceforge mirror for Updater? The mirror chosen as the nearest geographically is not so “near.”

Amigos,
Agregué varios portables que yo tenía y todo funciona bárbaro. Después quise agregar una segunda tanda de unos programas que uso mucho, también portables, y los copié en el mismo directorio que los otros, pero éstos no me los muestra. ¿Hay algún límite en programas para agregar?, ¿o estoy haciendo algo mal?
Muchas gracias por su ayuda!
Gabriela.

This might not be the right place for this, but...

I've been using PA for several years and have accumulated quite a hodge-podge of portable software on my stick. Some current PA, some really old PA that doesn't show up on the website anymore, and a few non-PA that I just installed alongside so they show up in PAM.

I want to clean house and get rid of old 'stuff' or upgrade it. I'd really like to see if any of the non-PA or off list old PA apps have a new PA version. I don't see an easy way to get PAM to tell me what it found on the stick but can't find a current entry to update to.

First of all, I want to say that the updater, the options dialog and so on are quit accessible to blind users.

Would it be possible to modify the portableApps menu so screenreaders can read the Dialog and programm names?
the Menus are accessible allready.

If you need more help I'll contact you with the developers of NVDA. An opensource screenreader for windows.

Thanks
Bernd Dorer