PortableApps.com Platform

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)

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

Hi John,
C&Q = Comments & Questions

Very nice menu.Also works quite well.
Thanks for a great job.
However,my questions are:
1.Menu cannot be moved.
Could you please make the menu movable?
2.Menu exits whenever a selection is made.
Could you make the menu persist untill I choose to close it?
3.Occasionally the menu just closes by itself.
No idea why.
4.Are any other skins available?
I like the existing one,but also like to change at times
5.Help file is non existent.(although icon is present on the Menu)
Any plans to provide a local helpfile?

Thanks in advance for your answer.

Ok, so I have a U3 drive and installed this. Now, I do not want it. What I did was erase all the data files and then reinstall the Sandisk U3 program, U3 Launchpad. Problem is, the drive icon for this has the portable icon image under my computer. How do I revert it to the original image?

Hi,

Is there any way to use command line parameters?

When I installed portable apps on my 512MB iPod Shuffle to see if I'd like it, everything worked perfectly. I went out and bought a generic 4GB USB 2.0 flash drive, and no matter what I try nothing will work. Every exe I try to run generates an error report to Microsoft. My USB drive works fine for everything else (read, write, access files) but nothing I do with PortableApps works.

Any ideas?

First off, I love the menu. I have used PStart, and I actually like this menu better. Thanks for this very awesome product. I have searched the forum and haven't found any mention of a few things I would like to see in a future release. I realize these could take a while and could already be in development.

1. Addition or removal of folders in the folder list.
a. custom icon for folders

2. Resizable menu.

3. Custom display/ workspace options. (Maybe you can design this to be an add-on to the base install?)
a. background or wallpaper image
b. menu color
c. menu layout (where items are on the menu, minimalist layout)

I've been a portable apps user for a long time, I just got the new system on my USB memory.

I just wanted to say what a great job you've done on it. It's Perfect.

Would it be possible to be able to rename the Apps in the menu, I notice it uses the name that is in the 'Product Name' but this can be confusing for some Apps.

I have an Installer for Network Magic which shows up as 'Installer Application' in the menu which is meaningless, and it would be nice to be able to rename the Menu item.

There are plenty of instructions how to get PortableApps Suite onto your USB device and a nice little installer. But no where on this site can I find how to remove it. An uninstaller would be ideal, but how can I go about removing everything it puts in there? Even a list of files it adds to my device would be nice.