PortableApps.com Platform

I really like this program and I find myself using it more and more but I am wondering first of all, why does it go to the background once I've executed the application and also, when I select Eject Media, how come it quits the application first?

I am interested in learning the optimum procedure for upgrading a U3-based installation of Firefox 2, Portable Edition (v2.0.0.16). I want to begin using Firefox 3, Portable Edition (v3.0.1), but am concerned because I read on a Mozilla site somewhere that they recommend using a fresh, v3-only profile when switching to version 3 because of some issue that Firefox 3 tends to have with importing Firefox 2 profiles. Has anyone heard anything about this?

I'm new here so plz dont be mean. Anyways I just got myself a SanDisk Cruzer Titanium Plus with U3, but I really dont like U3 so I'm trying PAc. Here are some questions.

1) I see that U3 and PAc makes it easy to manage your portable apps, but is there anything wrong with just installing an program directly onto your flash drive? That's what I've always done on my old drive and there's been no problems.

2) Going off of question 1, when I install a program without using PAc, is there any way to make a shortcut of it and put it in the PAc Menu?

I am using PortableApps with the PortableAppsMenuMod34 PaTChed.

Several of the features should seriously be considered for the "official" menu.

I cannot live without categories and I find the execute on start and exit very convenient.

I would also like a button on the menu to "refresh menus" similar to the eject button.

Paul

Howdy

I have been running portable apps on my USB drive for some time now. This afternoon I tried to plug in the drive and my antivirus software popped up saying the followning:

The Win32/FakeAv.CX was detected in F:\...STARTPORTAB.... Machine: FM_, User:_. File Status: File was cured; system cure performed.

It removed startportableapps.exe from my USB drive. I went to the PA website and tried to download it again and once again got the following message once the installer started to download:

I'm sorry if I'm repeating an FAQ, but is there any way to make my PortableApp flash drive password protected like the U3 drives by SanDisk? Are there any free encryption programs that can password protect or encrypt/decrypt my entire 4 GB flash drive without the need for administrator privileges BEFORE the PortableApps Menu starts up when I insert it into any Windows computer?

Yesterday my U3 drive decided to 'update' itself and ate itself and all my data on my 2gb SanDisk Cruzer Micro. So got mad and decided to install PortableApps platform. Except I can't get either the framework or any of the apps to run. I've downloaded and installed it twice with the same results. The install is the full suite including OpenOffice. Can anyone advise?

OK, currently I am splitting application launch between PortableApps and Pstart... I love PortableApps and would really rather use it for all my needs. While searching I did just find the thread that spoke about a mod and I've currently downloaded it and found it to be perfect for my needs.

My only question, I guess, is this... Is the official PortableApps ever going to support grouping, hiding apps, moving/dragging//renaming apps within the menu itself?

Hallo.

Q1: Please, how can I add other files, eg. EXE, TXT, ZIP, RAR, CMD... Without these possibility is portable menu unusable for me.

Q2: How can I remove right side of "menu" (Documents, Music, Video)? I want only main part of "menu", list of apps. Full menu is too width for me (some lite version?)

Thank you very much!

This is just an idea I've been thinking about for ages now. Have you guys (the developers of the menu) ever considered a contextual menu like the one in the "Start" menu's "Programs" menu in windows. I don't really mind how it would be done (i.e. a construct based on settings that a user can control, versus a "Program Files" sub-folder system like that of the "Start" menu's Programs list). I'm aware that the current PAM won't register any programs that are below the initial subfolders of the "PortableApps" folder, so I'm not sure how you would like to deal with it.