PC's start menu
Hi,
12.0.5 has a feature as you say: "adds the ability to optionally add the platform to your PC's start menu/tiles". How to enable this feature?
Thank you
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Hi,
12.0.5 has a feature as you say: "adds the ability to optionally add the platform to your PC's start menu/tiles". How to enable this feature?
Thank you
After starting the platform the updater is running and blocking everything. It can be killed only by electrically closing the PC. Windows shut down, TaskManager and Unlocker do not help. It even seems to me that it destroyed the raid of volume D while the platform was running on C (an SSD).
This is true for an updated existing platform (11.2), for starting PortApps after restart of the PC and for starting a fresh installed platform.
Greetings,
I used PortableApps.com Platform when it was first released and now I am once again.
It's very well done and excellent work.
This is either a feature request or an "is this currently possible" thing.
Is it possible to increase the global font size (I do already have Use Larger Fonts enabled)?
How about the font family? Can that be changed?
And what about the icon sizes for apps?
As far as the font settings, the only place that I could think to look was in PATheme.ini but I'm suspecting that this would be somewhere deeper in the source code.
Hello.
I can't to update my PortableApps Platform to 12.0.4.
I've got this Reget error (from sourceforge.net) message. Have a look. Thanks anyway.
https://portableapps.com/support/platform#advanced
says
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Portable TEMP Directory - If you create a directory called TempForPortableApps in the same directory as Start.exe ('next to' the PortableApps and Documents directories), the platform will use that as the TEMP directory for all apps it launches. Note that any local apps launched from the platform or its apps will also use this as TEMP, so use with caution!
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what is the reason for caution? is it a drive/disk space issue?
Hi,
Can anyone confirm the following:
PortableAppsMenu.ini:
[Search]
HideSearchWhenNotInUse=True
SEARCH BAR, AT THE TOP OF THE MENU NOT HIDING (ALSO NOT AT STARTUP!)
I am using the latest version of PortableApps.com 12.03
Thanx in advance
XSLord
My USB drive (Sandisk Extreme 32gb) mounts as a local drive. The 12.0.2 update no longer lets me eject it via the launcher, instead it gives me the logout dialog.
Would it be possible to add an override option? Doesn't have to be in the GUI, this situation is rare enough that an INI option would probably suffice.
Help! I am running the PortableApps.com Platform version 12.01 on 64-bit Windows (browse here for the screenshot: http://snag.gy/HbmB4.jpg).
Often times when I try to exit the Portable Apps platform I get the warning message "The following Portable Apps are still running..." (browse here for the screenshot: http://snag.gy/X3Q1J.jpg). When this happens I cannot close the PortableApps.com Platform normally; I instead have to use Windows Task Manager to end the "PORTABLEAPPSPLATFORM.EXE *32" process manually.
Hi john,
is it currently possible to configure the position and size of the personal picture? I couldn't find any settings.
Kind regards,
PorttableUser2009
Hi,
How about "adding shortcut to portableapps menu" feature
See following post
Is it possible to make a Windows Shortcut (EXE file with custom parameters) compatible with the PortableApps platform?
Regards
Charles
(aka XSLord)