PortableApps.com Platform

I'm having a problem with Portable Apps Launcher on a relatively new 64-bit Win7 install that I think is the fault of the host OS. I didn't note the launcher version I was using but I know I had updated it within the last two months.

I ordinarily start it from a batch file that does some housekeeping before starting the launcher (offers to update the ClamWin definitions, etc), but the batch file kept erroring-out with 'PortableAppsPlatform.exe is not a valid PortableApps.com release and can not be launched.'

I've got portableapps.com installed on my D: drive, and I've noticed that all the new data -e.g. after a program updates- gets written to the back of the disk, effectively spacing things out and making the arms on the drive work harder. It sounds like it's doing more searches, and then the browser page loads will get a bit slower, and I'll remember to defrag. That fixes it by stacking everything closer together.

Is this by design? Can I turn it off? Am I missing something?

As I remember from a years I have problem with PAF installer.

This not only exposes bad coding practices - as no retry button after trying failure to access internet when blocked by firewall, but I have massive problems when try to install programs on computers without internet access.

There is a way to download apps for REAL offline installing without using this crap PAF installer?

When I try to update appears:

Access violation at address 006262F3 in module
'PortableAppsPlatform.exe'. Write of address 00000000.

It bloks the download. What should I do?

Thank you for an answer

Hello.
First off, thanks for the excellent app! I am wondering if I can display more apps than 20 like native Windows start menu. If not, hope it will have in the next update.
Cheers!

In a nutshell;

using FF or TB portable on a machine with FF or TB installed mess up with my profile... again...
and I'm slowly doubting the name "portable" if two far far away path are messing up eachother (or more my portable profile)
C:\Users\XYZ\Appdata\Roaming\Firefox\... VS P:\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable\Data\profile

So... now what? Definitely making backups every time after closing, because,

1. WHO do that?
and 2. This will take a long time...
(3. Shouldn't that happen after all?)

hello,
I'm having trouble installing/updating any app,
e.g. chrome portable update(s),
I've just downloaded the latest update and
it is an online installer,
it needs to connect in order to download,
however that doesn't seem possible,

my network uses automatic proxy configuration script and McAfee Web Gateway,

so, how could I update my work chrome?

are there any offline chrome portable installers?

or is synchronizing with a usb disk the only solution?

What is the point of developing a "platform" that can't be used? Why waste our time with useless junk?
I was one of the many people stupid enough to waste my time downloading your useless platform and apps.
Every time I insert the usb stick in a new laptop, ALL my customizations are GONE - and I mean everything!
This happens whether I use Chrome, Firefox, Opera or any other browser. Nothing is retained.

Having updated the platform to V16 I notice that the popup menu is now almost all black icons - doesn't look very good.

(Windows 10 64 bit)

I'm a little surprised about a new yellow icon. It appears in the main menu above the writing "PortableApps.com" and consists of three yellow semicircles with a vertical line (like a multi-armed candlestick).

https://picload.org/view/dclpcwwd/unknownicon.png.html

What does this mean? When you click on it it disappears!

I also can't say exactly since when this appears. I only noticed this now after the update to V16.