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Subforum-filter for search

Submitted by dired on July 12, 2015 - 4:03pm

The search should have an option in what subforum (on what page) to search, at least in the "Advanced search" on the results-page. That would be very useful, as of now, you can't do many forum-related usfeul things with the search. For example I can't search for help for a certain portable app, if I enter the search term, results of any place on the website (or forums if i selected that in advanced search) are displayed. I bet an often use case is to find something on the website in general, anyhow, to be able to use the search for the forums precisely.

Any way to install non-Portableapps.com apps onto flash drive and bee seen by PAP?

Submitted by prr on July 8, 2015 - 6:20pm

I installed the Portable Apps Platform onto my flash drive, as well as the Firefox browser. However, the graphics program I like (Faststone) offers its own portable program, and is not available as a download here at this site. I tried simply copying the folder onto my flash drive, but the PAP does not see this in the flash drive and list it in the index/start menu.

Is there any way to install a non-PAP app onto the USB drive, and have PAP see it so I can have a shortcut in the start menu?

Update Check for Filezilla from Platform... does it work?

Submitted by Michael Europe on July 7, 2015 - 4:48pm

Hi,
many thanks for your work...
I'm using Portable Apps Platform,
one of my Apps is Filezilla.
When I launch it, it says there are updates; but when I check for updates from Platform, it says no updates are available (for any App).
Do you experience the same thing ?
I'm using Filezilla 3.10.1.1 (it says the newest version is 3.11.0.2) ; Platform version is 12.0.5. My OS is Windows 8.1.
Thanks in advance...

Crash: specified module not found

Submitted by zfred on June 20, 2015 - 3:44am

On double-clicking "start.exe" on USB drive root, grey portableapps frame appears but program stops there. Popup specifies module not found. ClassID:{56FDF344-FD6D-11D0-958A-006097-C9A090}. This has only appeared since upgrading to 12.05. Have tried to uninstall and reinstall but have the same problem. PC is Windows 7 Pro. Has not been upgraded since August 2014. Thanks

file associations with vbscript

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Submitted by trufo on June 11, 2015 - 6:05am

Hi there,
thought I'd make a small contribution...
Using portable apps for a while now as my main apps. That means there's a the strict minimum installed on my c: partition to keep the system clean.
What had been bugging me was that the file association was not integrated in the system. I tried coffee and some others but I prefer a more direct approach, since all my portableApps are permanently on my d: partition. So here's a (little) vbscript to do just that. Tested on win7x64. Edit at your convenience, save in a text file with vbs extension and double-clic.

PortableApps under Windows 10

Submitted by AllenLStarr on June 3, 2015 - 12:04pm

Windows 10 will contain a new security feature called Device Guard:
"Microsoft's new Device Guard is aimed at blocking zero-day attacks by vetting applications that try to access a Windows 10 machine and its network. It basically blocks any applications that are not signed by specific software vendors, the Windows app store, and an enterprise itself."

Does/Will PortableApps satisfy the Windows 10 criteria for Device Guard?

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