PortableApps.com Platform

How about a new button "Close PAM AND umount USB drive"?

PAM should have a flag about how many apps were launched (evidently, from PAM, if someone launch any app EXTERNALLY, it's user problem, we're talking about PAM, not magic). When a portable App is closed (need to monitor execution threads), flag value will be reduced , when an App is launched, it will be increased.

This new option should check periodically the system (how about a check every 5 secs?) when launched until our flag value is zero, and then should try to umount the drive (3 to 6 tries, not more).

I recently started using Portable Apps on a flash drive and absolutely love it. But I am unable to make the folder buttons for Documents, Music, Pictures, and Video work. When I click on them nothing happens. The only way I can access my folders directly from the start menu is by clicking on Explore. Everything else on the Start Menu works fine.

Ok this looks serious, about 10-15 mins after launching PAM on Windows 2K (Pro) Win2K reboots w/o prompt also it runs a chkdsk when rebooting.

It happened on 2 Windows 2K comps, it does not reboot when I don't launch PAM. And it happened multiple times!

Please note I am using the latest PAM beta.

This does not happen when I am on XP.

I have a number of programs that come signed with either icons I don't like or Product Names (the line in the EXE which is displayed on the menu) which are unclear, I'd like the option of having a separate .inf file somewhere so I can update the information based on the exe name to suit my standards.

PortableAppsMenu should only have one running instance.

I leave the PortableAppsMenu.exe program running (in a hurry, it's just easy to shut the programs and pull rather than click the little icon and hit exit) between use, and when insert my USB key again, i find myself starting up PortableAppMenu again. This creates two instances.

I would like PortableAppMenu to open the current running instance's menu should it be run twice accidentally.

(cross post because I put in the wrong forum)

why do only a certain number of apps show in the menu and is there any way to add a submenu

After searching the forums for an hour, I found only one post about keeping the PAM open on the desktop and not having it go away like the windows start menu, but the replies were in the area of it's impossible.

SO I give you the situation that I am faced with, and maybe someone who is much more smarter on computers than I am can figure it out.

PortableApps Backup is failing when I try to do a complete backup. It works just great if I do Apps and Documents. I tried using the "Show backup details" option, but the backup failed screen comes up so quickly I can't see what it was doing when it failed. Is there a log I can check?

1. Post only a line or two about your mod\mods.
2. To avoid multiple posts if you have multiple mods, link to a page listing your mods.
3. NO REPLIES, this will allow the authors to come back and edit their posts when they update or add mods.
4. If you must comment use the Post Your PAM Mods Discussion Forum again to keep this one manageable.
5. Try to keep your posts to only 2 or 3 lines so the thread doesn't get unnecessarily lengthy.
6. Authors, edit your original posts instead of adding replies.

Ok.

I love PAM. But it just isn't functional enough.

now I know that many of you have made mods for teh PAMorz and was wondering if you would be willing to share them with us in an "Official" thread.

This way, we won't have to go rooting around in numerous threads to look for mods.

I was sort of envisioning something like SmithTech's Post Your PAM Themes thread.

This will be the "discussion" Thread.

(Kudos to SmithTech for inspiration)