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Ditch the custom paths

Submitted by Bruce Pascoe on April 13, 2008 - 5:55pm

Would it be possible to ditch the custom path options in the INIs? Right now PAF launchers are too complicated with all the app-specific folder paths read from the INI, making the launcher very hard to templatize in the same fashion as the installer currently is.

Since it seems nobody uses the custom paths anymore (not even me, as OCD as I am when it comes to stuff like that...) and using an INI at all breaks DefaultData thanks to the feature (meaning DefaultData gets disabled even if all I want to do is turn off the splash!), wouldn't it make sense to just remove it...?

PortaInstall1.0Beta1.33

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Submitted by gmbudwrench on April 6, 2008 - 2:16am

I found this in thread: https://portableapps.com/node/6884. Is there any possibility of this seeing completion? I don't need it, but it would be a possible way of spreading the word about PortableApps.com. This is small enough that you could e-mail it to a friend or if the license permits, post it on your webpage or blog. Also would make downloading and installing easy for a beginner.
Just curious.

Autorun doesn't work on HDD

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Submitted by Ivynox on April 5, 2008 - 2:06am

Hi there,

I just discovered this awesome project that is PortableApps, and I immediately installed it on my HDD. All apps works (Rock'n Roll!), but just one thing to fix is reminding: my autorun.

Effectively, it doesn't launches the menu. The icon and the name of the device are successfully changed, but it doesn't launches what we want.

Does anybody had this problem already and know how to fix it?

Thanks a lot.

Fedora Problems

Submitted by J13 on April 3, 2008 - 7:48pm

I'm using Fedora Core 8, but I can't edit/add/delete files from Fedora. I've tried changing it by going into XP and un-clicking "Read-Only." So do I have to give my account, on Fedora, special privelages? Or do I have to change something from XP?

EDIT: I'm using Portable Apps on a USB flash drive.

Vista cannot write to PortableAppsMenu.ini

Submitted by MartynB on April 3, 2008 - 4:48am

Using a Freecom 80GB USB drive where everything works (more-or-less) perfectly on my XP machines at home and in the office.

I plug in the portable drive on my Dell Vostro 4GM RAM, 1TB HDDs and nothing in PortableApps works (including all the applications) apart from the menu loading.

If I don't load PortableApps reads and writes work just fine to and from the drive. If I launch PortableApps then I get a dialog that tells me that the system cannot write to the above file.

Flashdrive help plz

Submitted by Graynight on April 2, 2008 - 6:29pm

i am haveing some problems changing the name of my flash drive i like to name my flash drives by there memory (2 GB) but ever since i downloaded portable apps i cant chang it and the image if of the portable apps icon how can i change this plz reply

Several questions....

Submitted by Sheffey on April 2, 2008 - 4:31pm

I have spent some time searching and looking through the forums but haven't been able to find the answers to these questions. Hopefully I'm not breaking any rules by posting here.

1. Is it possible to put a file shortcut on the opening menu of portable apps?
2. Is it legal to put portableapps.com on USB drives that I will be selling? Are there any limitations? The reason I am selling the USB flash drives is that I am marketing the drives with a file I built on them.

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