PortableApps.com Platform

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).

Obviously a low priority but it would be great if the updater could also have a list of ALL software and allow you to use the update function to add programs.

I love the launcher but there is one thing that i think might make it easier to use. When it first scans the drive, it picks up all the exe files. It may show 3 programs in one directory or more. The user does not know what program is what (it shows the directory title, not program name) Is it possible to add to the right click menu a properties option to show the full file name assigned to that slot or to add Show full filename. It will make it easier to decide what to hide when starting up the program.

thanks.

I'm using V2.0b4 (XP SP3) and on my 120dpi display, all background graphics are scaled up (possibly to fix the icon-position problem that occured on hires displays a while ago). It seems to use the horrible scaling engine, XP uses on icons too, so my menu looks somewhat aweful.
See: Image

As I use a relatively small (17") screen with 1900x1200, switching to 96dpi is out of the question even with having good eyesight.

I am making a theme for the upcoming platform version 2.0, however, i am having trouble with rounded corners. can someone please help me? I am using Gimp and my theme involves a lot of transparency so opening it in paint is not an option.
Thanks,
The PC Guy.

I use an IronKey thumbdrive which must be locked and ejected cleanly. I would like the PortableApps launcher to be able to cleanly close all the apps it launched.

It wouldn't be a bad idea for PortableApps (the company) to do a little cooperative development with Ironkey.

Hi,

Is there any way that I can configure my USB drive so that when I plug it in the Portable Apps program autoruns and opens up the apps menu without me having to do anything or open the program from the Windows autorun box that pops up every time?

Thanks