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Compatibility between 2.0 Beta 4 and 2.0

Submitted by 0per4t0r on June 19, 2010 - 11:53am

I have a lot of custom .patheme files that I use, and I was wondering if they would stay compatible during the change, because 2.0 Beta 4 and 2.0 Platform should look very much the same, except for a few bugfixes.

So, will be themes work on both versions, and also, will my preferences for hidden apps, and renamed apps stay the same?

Uninstaller locking up

Submitted by d_byrnes on June 17, 2010 - 5:49pm

I may just be me, but the uninstall feature really doesn't seem to work very well. Every time I try to use it (instead of simply deleting the application folder and refreshing), it hangs up saying it's uninstalling the app and to please wait. It'll just sit there for 10-15-20 minutes until I use System Administrator to shut down PA and restart it. Is anyone else having this problem? I´m currently using 2.0 beta 4, but had this same problem with the 1.6.1 PA

autorun.inf suggestion (Action= line)

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Submitted by NathanJ79 on June 12, 2010 - 3:21am

Quick question... Do you really want the autorun option to say "Start PortableApps.com" to launch the PortableApps Platform? I realize the dot-com is part of the brand, but most people see .com and think "website", and that may not be what they want. In fact, on some computers, in some situations, they may back out, very rapidly, e.g. if they're not supposed to be going on the Internet.

Possible bug in PA Installer

Submitted by beppegg on June 11, 2010 - 7:10am

Hi all,

While I was working in portabilizing GrindStone, I've found a (possible) bug in the PA Installer: Grindstone installed itself in "%PROGRAMFILES%/Grindstone 2", and register its path in "HKLM\Software\Grindstone 2" (with spaces in the name). I've tried to use the option [CopyLocalFiles] section as following:

[CopyLocalFiles]
CopyLocalFiles=false
CopyFromRegPath=HKLM\Software\Grindstone 2
CopyFromRegKey=Install_Dir
CopyFromRegRemoveDirectories=0
CopyFromDirectory=%PROGRAMFILES%\GrindStone 2
CopyToDirectory=App\GrindStone 2

Autorun issue

Submitted by Ybother on June 10, 2010 - 1:27pm

I know, Autorun problems are so frequently asked that it seems embarrasing to aks another, but my issue is different.

When I plug the thumbdrive in, the autorun "scan" pops up, then brings up the options for what to run. But the PAP is not one of them. The drive gets the default PA icon, but that's all. There is no option to run PAP in the right-click menu.

I'm using the 2.0 Beta 4 platform, but I don't see any difference between the Autorun.inf file it creates and older versions.

This is the content of the Autorun.inf file:

menu

Submitted by geolan on June 9, 2010 - 8:59am

menu is excellent and self populating but adds every exe found in folder. no option to delete entries. also can they be grouped manually, such as office or games etc

Trojan infection

Submitted by ssobol on June 7, 2010 - 3:00pm

When trying to install Portable Apps Platform 1.6.1 my McAfee on access scanner gives a VirusScan Alert saying that the application files contain an Artemis!9A090B785DE0 trojan infection. This causes the Portable Apps .exe file to be deleted from my system. Ths installation program was downloaded following your download links (SourceForge).

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