PortableApps.com Platform

Is it possible?

I'd like to create a CD that can be loaded on any PC and be up and running with everything need to surf the web and manage documents with OpenOffice.

I know Firefox can be run that way, but what about the rest of the stuff in the suite?

Thanks in advance

I don't mean to be a pain but I've downloaded the standard suite several times and each time the MD5 checksum does not match what is listed on the PA site.

I'm using WinMD5Sum that is on this site to check this out.

I'm really happy to see the new version and I'm looking forward to 2.0 in a couple of weeks, but...

I tried to set the menu language to Hebrew, got garbled Latin letters & symbols. Is this a code page issue? Checked some more: Only Latin alphabet languages are working.

Running English version of Vista SP1, if that matters.

when starting the portableapplication_installer.exe
at least the directory executed from should be inserted

currently: "\portableapp"

my suggestion being: "drive:\currentdir\portableapp"

changing to ".\portableapp" doesnt work (but it detects drive empty space?!?!)

so one has to click on the browse button or put a drive letter

Okay...maybe I'm an idiot (wouldn't be the first time), but, I'm having a major issue installing Suite. I have a 2Gb jump drive and every time I try to install to its drive letter, it starts installing. However, when it gets about 1/4 of the way done, the computer shuts off and reboots. I let XP load back up and go into the jump drive and it shows a couple of folders from the attempted install. Any clue? The jump drive appears to be working fine as I can upload any folder I want to it and open said folder with no problem.

I know I can add a standalone application to the platform by copying the complete application folder into the PortableApps folder. Then by using Options -> Refresh App Icons the application will appear on the menu.

However, I have a problem with this in that some of my applications have more than one .exe file. The platform now lists all the .exe files in the folder individually whereas I only want the single (main) application to be shown. How can I remove the subsidiary .exe files from the menu?

Hi. I've tried for 3 hours now to change the icons in the menu withouth success. I've installed the PAM Mod34 and created new categories in the menu by right-click/Category/Add Category. Then I tried to change the icons of the new categories with right-click/Category/Edit Category/Change open icon. But whatever I choose the icon doesn't change. I've also tried to change them manually in Desktop.ini, PortableAppsMenu.ini and theme.ini but absolutely nothing works. Can anybody help? Thanks.

Hi all! I make cool (IMHO) skin for PortableApps Menu. Please make backup of your old folder named PortableAppsMenu to be able to restore original theme.

http://www.box.net/shared/1xr2g0gdeb (This is only for very old versions!)
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UPDATE: And new skins for PA.c platform version 2!

Hey,

Just wondering whether anyone happens to be using the recently released version of Stardock's IconPackager? I was one of the many people who found IconPackager was messing up the icons in the PortableApps menu, at least in Vista x64, so I stopped using it (PortableApps clearly being the more useful of the two!). Any idea whether this is resolved in the latest version?

Thanks!