PortableApps.com Platform

I think I am in the right subforum, however this problem is quite complicated.

Before I realised what the PortableApps platform is I thought it was just a website where you can find free portable software.

Im going to reinstall Windows on several computers. I prepare myself to allready download all free applications I want to install on the computer. I thought "Many software is portable, which means less Windows registry adjustments, which also keep Windows fast, stable and last but definitely not least free from many hidden adjustments and hidden files.

In the interest of making Portableapps.com (and Launcher) as small as it can be, I have run all of the images from all of the folders through FileOptimizer - which is a front-end app for all of the cmdline compression algorithms. https://sourceforge.net/projects/nikkhokkho/files/FileOptimizer/ I'll be making a thread later to add to this platform. It's a great application. I use it every day.

Is there any way to add a Portable App to the PortableApps.com lancher that is not distributed for PortableApps.com? I know that on some apps simply copying its folder into the PortableApps folder is enough to make the launcher pick up on it, but that does not seem to be working on some apps. Specifically I am trying to add the portable version of SmartGit to the lancher, however I do not think it registers SmartGit because its executable is in a 'bin' subfolder of the apps folder.

Hello, I've been a long time user of the platform and eventually started to just install all apps so I'd have them if I needed them. I have them installed to the hard drive on each PC I own.

So I can take some video.. screenshots & whatever but I'm thinkin' about where to start so I'll just dive into it

So throughout restarts & what not I go to run my PortableApps launcher & when I run it.. it opens but it also says PortableApps Launcher is already running..

Folks:

I am new to this forum, so please excuse me if this feature has already been requested or is already present. I would like the ability in the Portable Apps platform to re-install an existing portable app. Currently the only abilities I can see is to add new apps, uninstall existing apps, or upgrade existing apps.

According to the documentation at https://portableapps.com/manuals/PortableApps.comLauncher/ref/envsub.html, %PortableApps.comXXXX% environment variables should point to %PAL:PortableAppsBaseDir%/Documents.

PortableApps.comDocuments
The PortableApps.com Documents directory, normally X:\Documents. There is no guarrantee that this directory will exist.

hello,
we are using the Firefox portable version 52.2.0. We aim to disable the update because we want to keep working on this same version(52.2.0). So,we have removed the executable "updater.exe" . Could this solution impacts the fonctionallity of the portable version?

Hi, I have a problem with sw installation and upgrade, Portable tells me about a problem with Proxy, Network or Server that no allow download file, I don't understand how to solve the problem, Can you help me?
I have this problem with 2 pc in a corporate network, one with Xp Pro and other with 7 Pro 64, firewall is disabled.
Many thanks for help

I use (among others) Thunderbird and Firefox from PortableApps.

I pinned the start executable (e.g. ThunderbirdPortable.exe) to my Windows 7 TaskBar.

However when I click on it a second Icon appears on TaskBar. I guess its the actual target Thunderbird.

"Normally" (for other programs) the first icon remains the only icon representing the running program.

Is there a way to handle PortableApps programs in the same way?
I want only ONE icon in TaskBar after start.