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Submitted by sl23 on January 27, 2011 - 6:48am

I almost gave up on this menu but am looking forward to the new features. Hopefully it won't be too much longer but i do know that when it's done it'll be done right!

I've tried almost every type of portable menu i could find some have better features but only one came close to stability. That was CodySafe. But i prefer PA.com to that Smile

Now for some suggestions, which i understand won't be implemented til some future version!

1. I'd like to see the menu have an option to change to a dockable bar. Like Advanced Launcher, with all it's features.

Themes

Submitted by stantheman on January 23, 2011 - 6:56pm

Ok so I have recently downloaded the 2.0 beta and I was wondering how i add a theme to the themes list that I can choose from

Google Earth

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Submitted by xxxvagistoxxx on January 21, 2011 - 10:37am

Why i cant find Google Earth as a Portable Apps and how can i schrink it in a to a Portable Apps and make it run from my Portable Apps launchpad?
I can only copy the file from the Program Files list from the computer and paste the file on my USB stick and make it run from my USB stick but the set up file dous not alow me change the destination folder when i want to instal Google Earth!
I can get the Google Earth icon in my launchpad but if i want to run the program from my launchpad it doesnt work somehowe i can not make it run from my launchpad on my USB stick!

Menu required or free to choose ?

Submitted by guillaume.prevot on January 20, 2011 - 3:00am

Hello everyone,

Chris Morgan said here that

"For the individual apps, PortableApps\AppNamePortable\AppNamePortable.exe is what you need to launch. However, this doesn't replicate the environment set up by the Platform; the Platform adds some environment variables"

Does this mean that PortableApps users will be forced to use PortableApps menu to make application work ?

How do I start portable apps, in the portableapps environment, from the command line?

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Submitted by Jason404 on January 19, 2011 - 7:15pm

BACKGROUND:
I started using PortableApps around 2006/2007, when I got my first USB flash drive, but I never got around to using them much, as I don't really carry a flash drive around with me. Instead, I have my own ultracompact ThinkPad wherever I go.

But I have recently rediscovered PortableApps and realised that they work very well with my system of syncing my 'command' directory on all my machines. This contains all my scripts and command line programs, Cygwin, and now also having a lot of portable applications in there is proving very useful indeed.

QUESTION:

open office won´t restart without reboot

Submitted by glen_michael on January 18, 2011 - 2:08pm

after using OO port from portable apps menu and closing program, cannot re-launch any OO module (from PA.c menu or directly from disk module exe file) until after a system reboot. using Vista home basic w/sp2, OOP v3.2.0, on Acer Extensa 5230. Doesn´t matter if I re-open PA.c menu from tray or completely close PA.c then re-start it OOP modules will not start again until after a re-boot. I just tried using a direct launch from module exe, and multiple starts appears to be a problem only if the program has been launched from PA.c menu.

update suite

Submitted by cowellj78 on January 17, 2011 - 5:29pm

Hi.

I keep trying to updae the suite itself but end up just downloading and installing a second, empty updated suite. Is there no way to update the suite and not have to mess around copying all the apps over?

4 new features that will make all the different

Submitted by tal on January 10, 2011 - 10:51pm

hello portableApps.com stuff and developers
i want to suggest an 4 features that will make portable Menu more comfortable!

1.
add a custom user detect path library that the portableApps menu will read
from her additional default library, and add a menu in option
that the user can add and remove a library as he want.
and add the option for the user to add it a relative path or absolute path.

2.
add a group option. if i had too many portable apps and i have, i want to
orgnize it by a group section to find more quickly the app i want to.

3.

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