PortableApps.com Platform

I'm using computer set to 1280*1024 and the menu has a slight problem.
see the screen shot attached.
(though the X isn't pointing anywhere, its original location (right lower point) does close the menu.

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/2986/portableappsmenuprtscdj7.th.png

I really like portable apps, but I primarily use Ubuntu 7.10 x386 at home.
When I run the menu it work fine, but once it disappears i cannot find it again. The only way to shut it down is through the System Monitor.

There is an icon for it in the status area, but it is a non-icon; a completely blank space where you can see through the menu bar to the desktop.

Does anyone know how to fix this? or where I can access it?

The menu should have an option to create a small file even a blank one in the home computer so it won't change background there. Something like a portableapps.ini in the Windows folder.

For a while now I've thought it would be great if the Quit button on the PortableApps menu would also undock the USB key, instead of requiring a couple more clicks, on the Safely Remove Hardware icon, and then on the drive letter - which if there is a few choices can be awkward to work out.

Anyhow, I bumped into some code (while looking for something else) that might be a good starting point if anyone was interested.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/RemoveDriveByLetter.aspx

Hy,

I search a method to add sub menu in "documents".
For example i want to add "Set Up", "System", ... following "Music" "Pictures" ...
but I do not know how to make.

Sorry for my english, i'm french

edit: oups I have just found this https://portableapps.com/node/8091

I like visual consistency. The icons that come with the menu for Documents, Music, Pictures, etc, are very nice, so I edited one to use for my directory containing Autohotkey scripts with the hope of doing similar things in the future for my other directories. It seems that a directory's icon is defined by the Desktop.ini file it contains. So, to make an icon for my Scripts directory, I put the new icon in the same place as the others, grabbed a Desktop.ini, changed the infotip and the icon it points at, and put it in my Scripts directory.

I recently migrated my portable apps to a new USB flash drive, and it couldn't have been easier. I did a complete backup of my old flash drive with PAM Backup (not Toucan), installed the Base Edition on my new flash drive, and used PAM Backup to restore the backup. Done.

When I try to close the menu by clicking on the X in the lower right corner nothing happens. I have to close the application using Windows Task Manager (ctrl/alt/del) so I can remove the USB thumb drive. Anyone know a solution? eded

sry about originally posting in the wrong place. still have the problem that the wallpaper is changed to just plain grey instead of my actual picture. well its changed to mybackground colour instead of wallpaper in the display options menu of windows. on my friends laptop nothin happened and her background stayed the sme as before i put in the usb, until i removed the usb safely etc, her background changed to grey also without the usb in until the computer weas restarted. it does not work at all on the university computers.

wouldnt it be possible to make it so that it shuts down portable apps when the drive is removed? i have seen that it knows bec the avail. memory changes so why not shut? also the protable roboform (not portablapps) does exit itself when you take out the drive. so iguess it is possible