PortableApps.com Platform

I am wondering if I would be able to see the source code for the PortableApps platform. I find the default menu (themes included) ugly and conspicuous, and was hoping that I could see the source code to turn the menu into a bar along the side of the monitor. I would not redistribute it, and also, either PortableApps or VLC crashed my friend's and my thumb drives, and I want to see the source code for that too.

I just think that the New PortableApps.com Platform Should be Password Protected like Geek.menu With customizable return contact if the portable device is lost just like Geek.menu

Can you guys remove / make the sign "portableapps.com smaller? Because it looks terrible.

Thanks

As PortableApps app files move about when they run, is it not possible to run them from read-only media?

Is there any way I can run PortableApps from a DVD?

Having them to hand on a virtual DVD when setting up a new Hyper-V virtual server would be very useful to me, as they have no USB support.

Is there an app that allows the menu to stay visible on the desktop? I do not like having to click the small icon in the tray on the taskbar. Also, I have downloaded PA 2.0 hoping to be able to resize the menu. Either that is not possible or I have overlooked something. Can the menu be resized?

Thanks everyone,
Greg

Hello.

In the platform 2.0b5, in which directory are downloaded updates managed by the updater?

I found least two program that beta 5 missing, this is
Notepad++ Portable 5.9 and System Explorer Portable 2.7.5.3491

Hi,

one of the things that bothers me in portable apps is that I need to check for every app how links are opened in the browser and how I'm able to change that to my portable one.

After I was successfull in changing the target browser in thunderbird I completly failed at the messenger. I've made a lot of research on pidgin (it had the feature in the past, but they removed it), miranda and trillian. But no one is able to select a non default browser. And there are many other apps that aren't able, too. f.e. pdfs or simple word documents with hyperlinks etc.

So I've asked myself:

when i run portableapps updater, it searches for apps in the same folder(or drive?) where it has launched from.
i have apps in multiple drives, how can i update them using only one copy of updater?
thank you

I know this probably goes against the grain, but I was wondering if there's a way to put an absolute path in the ini file used by various portable apps. I've tried this with 2 programs (Thunderbird & OpenOffice) and in both cases it seems that absolute paths are not honored.

For example, in OpenOfficePortable.ini I've tried every variation I can think of for this line:

SettingsDirectory=d:\OpenOffice\Settings