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After I tested the new update feature and read some threads about issues with it (and some other aspects of installing apps) some ideas began to grow...

• For now the updater simply works as expected as long as no errors occur (firewall etc.). To solve these is usually beyond the normal users skills.
• There is no option to automatically repair a damaged app. Reinstalling manually seems obvious but is not thought of by some people.

Hi,
I am using Portable apps version 2.0 beta 5 Pre 2 on windows 7 with SP1.
I update to this beta version because of update possibility and its working fine for me.

But I found another small bug, always I use portable apps and select application to run or I minimize to system tray, application stays in task bar

Its possible to set up in configuration that it should minimize to tray icon like previous versions? I simply dont want to have Portable Apps in taskbar.

Hello,

first of all Portable Apps is really cool Thanks a lot...

Hi everyone,

If this isn't actually a bug, I'll end up looking like the newbie I am, and I hasten to add that I searched before posting. My issue is this:

1. I rename an app's menu entry
2. I hide the app's menu entry (in my case, this was done accidentally)
3. I make the entry visible again
4. The entry no longer has the custom name I gave it, just the default one generated from the target EXE

Note: this happens with both PAF and non-PAF apps. At no point did I exit and restart the menu.

everytime i run the updater i get an error on 2 different pc,4 different hard drives.this is a pic of the error any help will be greatly appreciated. http://i27.tinypic.com/1zq9enk.jpg

I wasn't sure exactly where to post this. I've been using the beta 5 Platform since it was released, and have been very happy with the updater function. But today, a new version of uTorrent was released, and when I use the updater I get the following error after downloading the file:

"The downloaded copy of uTorrent Portable is not valid and can not be installed. This could be due to an incomplete download or other network issue. Please try running the updater again when complete"

When I clicked "Check for updates" in the "Manage Apps" category, it said that there wasn't a connection detected, which was correct because at that time I didn't have the modem hooked up to the Internet. Yet when I clicked okay, the Update Portable Apps dialog box appeared. Anyone have an idea why this would be? I would figure after clicking "OK" the updater would close.

Hi,

New system works really well.

I was wondering though, now I no longer need to keep the original exe's on the hard drive (even just for visual comparison) could the updater do this itself, ie show both the current version available as well as what is installed?

Also, would someone know a way to make Mozilla run from location so I don't need to put the extractors on my system at all?

Regards

Not quite sure where to post this one.

The updater in beta5 just suggested that I update my XAMPP launcher to v1.4, but the XAMPP page at https://portableapps.com/apps/development/xampp still lists v1.3 as being current.

1.4 is indeed available on SF, and the updater installs it fine, so I'm guessing that the web page is off. (I did a quick search, and couldn't see any release announcement for 1.4 anywhere either).

Long story short, sometimes an app becomes corrupt, and those of us "in the know" know that simply reinstalling the app will often fix it.

Now that the updater is part of the platform, it seems that it would be trivial to offer a "Repair" feature. Right click the app, choose Repair, and it uses the updater to reinstall the app (either through a cheap hack: set the version a point lower in appinfo.ini and launch updater, or by sending a switch/argument to the updater to update just that one app).