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PortableApps.com Application Template 3.5.2 (with default launcher included)

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Submitted by John T. Haller on November 13, 2016 - 5:37pm

This has been officially released on the Development Page

I'm testing a new style of PortableApps.com Application Template for use with the PortableApps.com Launcher and Installer. The old 2.4 release was just the barebones file structure but includes no example config files. This is of a complete template with config files and a default launcher along with a stub EXE so you can be sure it works by default.

Creating A Portable App: A Guerilla Field Guide

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Submitted by OliverK on July 31, 2008 - 8:42pm

Introduction:Often, somebody will make a post asking for help. I wrote up a guide real quick for this poster, here. After a suggestion by r-andom, I re-posted as a forum topic. If you have a suggestion for the guide, post here. If you need help portablizing, make a new post in the Portable App Development Forum. So, without much more text, I loose the gorilla. . .

    Forum Guidelines (Portable App Development)

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    Submitted by John T. Haller on March 14, 2006 - 3:25am

    The portable app development forum is for all development discussion related to portable apps. Feel free to ask questions on adapting the standard PortableApps NSIS-based launchers used with Portable Firefox, etc with other apps. Or with help working on any portable development project you wish. You'll find more portable apps developers here than anywhere else, so, for most questions, either someone will know outright or at least be able to point you in the right direction.

    Issue with Portable Version of LibreOffice Calc

    Submitted by vint on December 15, 2024 - 6:21am

    Dear Support Team,

    I am a Windows 11 24H2 x64 user and would like to report an issue with your portable version of LibreOffice Calc. I have been using version 24.2.3.2, which I downloaded a while ago from your website, and recently I also downloaded version 24.8.2.

    The file I work with in Calc has the following characteristics:

    - 15 sheets
    - 100,600 cells
    - 4,608 pages
    - 2 formula groups

    The problem:
    When I make changes to the file, the program crashes. The larger the changes, the higher the likelihood of a crash.

    Firefox Portable ESR as a default browser

    Submitted by Leonid N on November 4, 2024 - 6:21am

    Hello.

    Firefox Portable 115.17.0esr 64 bit, Windows 7 x64.

    If you install the Firefox flag as a default browser...

    Then, when opening the link, for example, from the postal program, the browser opens a new window, while it uses the default settings. I think he does not see his main profile.

    Can I fix it?

    Can you make so that a new tab opens, not a window?

    Thanks.

    Prevent PortableApp from Launching additional instances?? Functional setting question

    Submitted by PortAppsLover73 on November 2, 2024 - 12:34pm

    I have made a concerted effort to research this, and I am quite sure it can be done since i remember reading something about it a long time ago...

    Basically i just need to know how i would restrict a 2nd or additional instance of the portableapp io developed to be run. I think i remember a setting somewhere... in the appinfo or launchsettings config files.... where if you set it.. it will prevent a 2nd instance of the app from running... that's what i need.

    Any help appreciated.

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