PortableApps.com Platform

I use Synctoy as a way to backup my portable drive (I simply back up the entire drive so I don't have to reinstall each program as well as any data I have on the drive). So yesterday I decided to test out my backup. I made a backup (using echo mode) then proceded to format the drive and lastly copy and pasting all of the files and folders from the backed up folder to my drive.

I have looked and searched, but cannot find anyone else requesting this, so....

How about a feature to be able to 'categorise' the portable apps into sub-menus (as PStart can do). At present I run over 40 apps from my thumb drive and it would be so nice to be able to have sub-menus for Graphics progs, SQL progs, Viewer progs, AntiVirus progs, etc, etc

2 questions, one for John, the other for everyone.

Nummer Eins:
How about putting a development team with access to the Subversion repository to work together on the next version of the menu?

Nummer Zwei:
If said team was put together, who would volunteer to be on it?
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Ryan McCue

Hi all,

It's my first post on portableapps forums although I use portable applications since a long time ago...

I recently downloaded and installed the Portable Apps, installbase version, in order I hoped, to replace the PStart software I used to start programs from my usb stick.
The problem is that this PortableAppsMenu is apparently very graphical and as I'm blind, I cfan not see the screen content and so use it.
I work with a screen reader under windows in order to read the screen and interact with the various programs I Use.

Hello all

I was sorry to see that there is still no update to the PortableApps Menu app. At this point i wish to ask if there is any other app with similar functionality that one might try.

Also, i can only wonder about the future of this project. Without any doubt, John's work is a life-saver. Yet, the fact that applications are not being updated in a predictable manner leads to fears.

Would John care to clarify on the project's status?

Panos

There is a very big problem with the portable apps menu and a higher dpi then the default 96, on vista, I am using 120 dpi (because my screen resolution is 1680x1050 and the higher dpi screws up the text in the portable apps menu... The only way to exit it, is to click where the x "should" be if it wasn't screwed up.

Pictures attached.

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/2231/portableappsmenukx4.jpg

Is it possible to get Windows to autoplay the PAM menu without running through every file on the portable drive? At present my PAM menu won't 'autostart" until Windows has scanned the entire drive. For my current set-up I've used TweakUI to set Portable Apps as a handler and then made that the default for mixed content for my ThumbDrive.

Cheers

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.