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

What is MakeHeader.exe?

Submitted by tonklin on December 2, 2015 - 10:07am

Portableapps.comInstaller contains MakeHeader.exe in its \App\bin subdirectory.
What is it? What is it used for by Portableapps.comInstaller?
Where can I find its or its author's official website (if any) and source code?

Could not find it on portableapps.com forums and cound not successfully google for it...

Thanks

Some apps not starting at Windows 7

Submitted by mark_valley on December 1, 2015 - 11:45am

This problem started some weeks ago and is happening in two machines now.

When I try to start some portable programs I see the launch screen. After some seconds the lauch screen closes but the program interface does not appear.

If I look at "task manager" I can see the program process but no user interface. Also tried various compatibility modes and "run as administrator" without success.

Finally I tried to open these programs inside a sandbox (Sandboxie) and they worked perfectly.

Some programs showing this behavior:

Portable Apps installed on seperate computers "Get More Apps" issues

Submitted by rhandel on November 30, 2015 - 11:46am

Q: I have Portable Apps in the root directory of several machines for testing and install ALL of the applications onto each. On one particular Upgraded (to recent PA Platform), Win 7 64Bit machine, I do not get the "You Rock" screen but a complete menu of all of the PA applications.

Is there a problem with the Platform upgrade process? Should I attempt to reinstall the PA Platform? Are there config files that can be deleted/recreated to solve this?

Any help would be appreciated.

RAH

App tagging within PA menu for faster searching

Submitted by shnbwmn on November 26, 2015 - 7:20am

I don't know about anyone else, but as my app collection grows, I'm finding it harder to justify having a single category (say, Utilities) without some means of sorting or filtering it. I don't think the problem can be solved properly by allowing the user to add categories beyond the handful that is now there. From what I have gathered from perusing the forums, it seems nesting won't be on the PA roadmap for the foreseeable future.

Apache Openoffice is set back to english if launched from portableapps

Submitted by Family Guy on November 21, 2015 - 8:37am

If I launch Openoffice Portable from the folder on the usb drive and set a language (in my case Italian) then Openoffice Portable is launched always in that language. If I then launch it from portableapps (set to italian) the language of Apache Openoffice is reset to english (even if launched from folder).

This is on Windows 10 pro x64

Platform icon is hidden from tray on restart

Submitted by DrVolodya on November 14, 2015 - 8:47am

I'm using Portable Applications extensively and use the Platform launcher to start programs, so in W7x64 I could make the icon to always show in the tray, but now with W10x64 I've done this setting many times with no success - the icon gets hidden after restart. Is this something that is impossible to do with W10 or is there a trick to it?

Thanks,
Volodya

Need Help Installing on Macbook Pro

Submitted by carsonikey on November 2, 2015 - 12:58pm

First off, I'm aware that PortableApps is a PC program but I know there are ways around this.

I tried figuring out how to install PortableApps on my Mac myself but was unsuccessful. I've never tried to install a PC program on my Mac before so I'm not really sure what I'm doing. I have access to the programs CrossOver and PlayOnMac.

Can anyone offer advice or detailed instructions on how I can install and use PortableApps on my Mac? It would be much appreciated!

(written out or video tutorial links. whatever works)

[Fixed] Xonotic 0.8.1 keeps trying to update

Submitted by ASJ on October 31, 2015 - 12:32pm

Every time I "Check for Updates" the updater claims there is an update to Xonotic 0.8.1. I've updated several times to this version and I'm still getting the same update message. I've even downloaded this newest version from Source Forge and installed. Still get the notice that Xonotic 0.8.1 is available as an update.

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