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PortableApps.com Menu, Backup and Platform/Suite installer.

Password Protection

Submitted by rockyray85 on February 3, 2011 - 5:45am

Hi,

Seeing as I would want to use Firefox Portable, I would also like to protect the saved passwords in case the flash drive gets lost/stolen.
Is it possible to password protect the PortableApps platform? specifically the PortableApps folder?

Thanks,

Rocky

[Fixed] java portable installer size calculation wrong?

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Submitted by Simeon on February 2, 2011 - 5:52pm

Today I wanted to update the commonfiles java to the latest version. I had 53 mb free space on my drive and the java folder was about the same size.
I run the installer but it told be I didn't have enough space to install it. I deleted the java folder inside CommonFiles and I had 123 mb free space. The java installer needs 105 mb so now I could install it.

Shouldn't the installer subtract the installed file size correctly when it does its calculations or does that not work with plugins in non-standard places like CommonFiles?

[Closed] mysterious platform crash (Stack Overflow)

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Submitted by Simeon on February 2, 2011 - 5:00pm

Today I updated 3 of my apps and when I clicked the platform icon in my sys tray (Win XP SP3), it made that "blonk" error sound and the icon disappeared. I restarted it and everything was normal.
The same happened several times during the last months when I uninstalled an app.

I know this is one of those incomplete error reports no dev likes but I cant say anything else.

PA not reading all .exe files in program directories

Submitted by Ms_Tamany on January 31, 2011 - 3:03pm

Hi, folks!

I just absolutely love PortableApps, and am eagerly awaiting the newest 2.0 release (beta or stable) I am currently using the 2.0 Beta 5 Pre 2 release. I have almost all of the PA.c programs installed (though I don't use all of them, I'd like to try them, y'know?), as well as several other natively portable apps.

Within the last few days, the PA platform has stopped reading the .exe files of a handful of non-PA.c apps that it used to read just fine.

Is this the week of the new 2.0 platform?

Submitted by RobertMilk on January 31, 2011 - 8:51am

Based on John's Happy New Year message, posted of January 1,2011, this should be the week that the 2.0 platform should be released to the public.

"We'll be following that with 1 or 2 more betas and then the 2.0 final release later this month. Yes, you read that right. The 2.0 final release later this month... or within a week thereof... just to be safe. :)"

I can hardly wait.

I am filling up my stick with the new app releases.

Bob

Feature Suggestion: Shutdown Automatically

Submitted by KevinM on January 27, 2011 - 5:41pm

There is a nice feature in PortableApps to have an application Start Automatically when PortableApps starts.

I'd like to suggest a related feature: the option to have an automatically started app shutdown on PortableApps exit.

If it helps, I'm specifically thinking about KeyPass Portable. I have it start automatically and go to the system tray. I can always shut it down manually before exiting PortableApps, but it'd be nice to have it stop automatically.

[If this has been discussed before, I apologize. I did a search and didn't find anything.]

Suggestions...

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!

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