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PortableApps.com Menu, Backup and Platform/Suite installer.

Programms in the menu which are not installed...

Submitted by Teuchtlurm on December 4, 2006 - 8:39am

Hello,

nice idea, the PAS. I used the base edition, adding port. firefox, thunderbird, filezilla, feedreader and miranda to it.

But I've got three other "apps-icons" in the application-window:
- Firebird SQL Server (twice)
- Inno setup.

Neither I use the programs nor I know them! In the portableapps-folder there are just the programmfolder of the apps I above-mentioned.

My questions: Why are these apps in the application-window, and, first of all, how can I remove them?

regards,

Teuchtlurm

Rename Menu Items

Submitted by kiwichick on December 4, 2006 - 1:21am

Is it possible to change the program names that appear in the PortableApps Menu? I have installed Audiograbber. The .exe file is named audiograbber.exe but the menu shortcut says "Copies digital audio from Cd's. Freeware."

PortableApps Menu does not display well with large fonts on Win XP SP2

Submitted by rserral on December 3, 2006 - 10:48pm

I dowloaded the full PortableApps Suite and the patch 1.01, and installed it on a fresh Kingston 1GB USB (non U3) Flash drive.

PortableApps Menu does not display well with large fonts on Win XP SP2

I have a screencapture and would like to forward it to the development team. You should consider to make the skin scalable.

Firefox Portable 2.0 saved forms does not function

Submitted by DEaD on December 3, 2006 - 10:23am

Firefox Portable 2.0 saved forms feature does not function when Firefox is run from the (root)\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable folder on a thumbdrive. Existing saved forms do not populate in fields. No new forms can be saved. Firefox won't even ask for the Master Password. I had to move and run it from (root)\Program Files\FirefoxPortable folder for it to function.

Notepad++ /PortableApp Menu oddity

Submitted by PollieXmas on December 1, 2006 - 7:12am

Hallo All,

I have noticed something strange even since I have copied Notepad++ into my PortableApps directory, i.e. to be able to use it from Portable Apps Menu.

Before when Notepad++ was in "Portable Program Files" on the root of the same drive that PortableApps Menu is installed, I could associate Notepad++ to all xml files.

Now, when I delete the f:\Portable Program Files\Notepad++ directory and then try and associate f:\PortableApps\Notepad++\Notepad++.exe to xml files, it does not recognise it as a program.

To associate files, I right click on a file, then choose "open with...", "Choose Program..." and then "browse..." for the program file.

X Button Does Not Work

Submitted by Jim20e on November 30, 2006 - 9:18pm

On my Windows XP computer the X button is unresponsive. The PortableApps icon remains permanently in the system tray, but does toggle the menu on and off when clicked. The icon cannot be disabled to allow the USB flash drive to be "safely removed" while the computer is running.

I only learned the proper performance of the menu and the icon when I plugged the drive into another computer. There is one other discrepancy that may or may not be related: the nine items on the right half of the menu do not fit and bleed off to the right - on my computer. Any ideas?

A few suggestions + Linux friendly

Submitted by zachtib on November 30, 2006 - 11:53am

I've just started using the new Portable Apps Menu. Before, I was using PStart.

I can already see pros and cons with both of these, but I choose to go with PAM because its brand new, and as such, is more likely to be improved over time.

A few simple things, some of these may have been stated before, but this is what I came up with, so if these are dupes, forgive me, but notice that multiple people are asking for the same things.

First off, while the GUI of the menu looks nice, It's not great for performance, especially on older systems. There should be an option to use a simpler look and feel, similar to XP's start menu when the system's theme is set to Windows Classic (I'm not talking about the old-style menu here, just the Look & Feel)

PortableAppsMenu appears and hides very slowly

Submitted by bogomil on November 30, 2006 - 5:22am

When I click on PortableAppsMenu (base version) systray icon it's appears and hides very, very slowly.

My system information:
This is a Laptop
Intel PentiumM 2.2 GHz
512MB RAM
ATI Radeon 7500 64MB
WinXPSP2Pro 1400x1050 96dpi
PortableAppsMenu have installed on 512MB USB Memory

BTW PortableAppsMenu working well on this system:
Desktop PC
Intel PentiumIII 1000
512MB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 32MB
W2KSP4 2560x1024 96dpi

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