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Error 1325

Submitted by andrew1000 on September 12, 2010 - 12:45pm

Hello
I recently installed DNRgarmin, a GPS/GIS utility on thumb drive j: with no problems, ran fine. Now trying to install on hard drive with following: "Error 1325: PortableApps is not a vaild short file name." I see this is a generic problem for flash drives and fixes point to the registry and I've tried several approaches including repairing and searching the registry with no luck. I was able to install a previous version of DNRgarmin, but would like to be able to have the latest, plus I'm worried about future problems with other programs.

Version 2.0 Beta 5 Pre 2 "Check for Updates" not Working

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Submitted by irishjd on September 10, 2010 - 2:09pm

Has anyone else had the issue the the "Check for Updates" feature is not working in the ver 2.0 beta 5 release? Every time I select "Check for Updates", a window named "PortableApps.com Updater" opens, but there are never any entries. If I go to the PortableApps.com web site and manually check the version numbers of my apps, I notice that several have updates available. Is the updater not actually being used right now?

TIA,
Jon

[Help]Opening portable apps without a tray icon.

Submitted by xdeadzx on September 1, 2010 - 10:30pm

Is there any way to disable the tray icon so it just uses the task bar or the little "I'm minimized" bar when you don't have a task bar? I use portable apps on my school computers, and we can't use tray icons, and having to leave open a explorer to open portableapps.exe every time I need something is rather annoying.
I can use the task bar though, so that method works, or having it not minimize on clicking off of it/loading an app, just going to the background or something.

Prevent users from changing portable menu options other than the theme.

Submitted by djwhite on August 28, 2010 - 2:07pm

Hello again,

I'm presently using the 2.0 beta 5 portable menu and I would like to prevent my students from changing any of the show hide menu options.

Theme changes would be ok.

Are there any .ini options I can use?...I found some ini options and was able to keep the menu visible at all times.

Thanks again,
Dave

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