Hiding PortableApp Taskbar Icon and load of Platform colour effect
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PortableApps.com Menu, Backup and Platform/Suite installer.
Hello everyone! I am new to the forum and English is not my first language. So please, be patient with my bad English.
Hello. All the software is updated. Win 10 1809 x64. Very fast computer 
Today I tried the platform for the first time. (Long time user of the portable apps) I use start.exe. I downloaded a couple of apps (Foxit PDF reader, Qbittorrent) as well as copied some existing apps to the platform dir (Thunderbird, etc). All of them are in the list. I launch them from the platform from SSD. I toggled "close apps when the platform is closed".
I would love to see some sort of light/dark theme support for the Portable Apps Platform on Windows devices, in order to provide users with a more immersive and familiar, congruent experience.
PA Backup
If "Show details" is on, Then "Finish" button is disabled. (Can't push)
Windows 10 64bit 1909, PA Platform 17.01, Firewall & Virus is default.
PA Platform
Translation file is did not displayed.
PA Backup
No translation string in the translation file. (I saw PortableApps.com Backup Strings 1.2.0.0)
Backup
Backup Restore
The Platform throws an error message "Failed to get data for HideIcons" when opening or closing the Options dialog.
OS: Windows 10 Home 64-bit v2004
The problem
The PA platform's icon—which I have set in Windows to always be shown—will occasionally be relegated to the hidden icons popup window for notification area icons.
I have added the application 'Octave' to my USB (in the D:\PortableApps directory). This program does not have an .exe file to start it, the program is started with the file: octave.vbs
How do I do to get this icon in the PortableApps start menu (the "Refresh app icons" does not work for this program)?
Is portable apps only for Windows? Does it work on Mac or Linux in any way?
for example:
Unable to download the file. This could be due to a proxy or network issue or the hosting server not permitting downloads from your location. File: http://portableapps.com/redirect/?s=p&a=ccPortable&d=pa&f=ccPortable_5.6...