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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.

    Assign Chrome Portable as default browser

    Submitted by likeyeeah on February 27, 2024 - 7:11am

    I was using Chrome Portable for a month almost. Its great, i have no problem with it. But i cant assign it as default browser. It doesnt use the portable executable, it always uses the chrome.exe in bin folder. For example when im using telegram, i cant open links. I tried to change from windows' settings but theres no chrome portable. I tried my luck with regedit, it didnt work either. Is there a fix for this?

    Get more Apps - search field

    Submitted by AbsolutelyRandom on February 16, 2024 - 6:32am

    I believe it is the high time to introduce a search field in "Apps\Get More Apps..." menu. There are so many apps in the list that a search query would be extremely useful.

    I think it would also be useful to merge all the currently available options in "Apps\Get More Apps..." menu (by category, title, new releases, recently updated) into just one - "Get More Apps" and move/port the selections/filter you can sort by into the window of all the apps instead.

    [Fixed] LibreOffice Portable 24.2.0 Multilingual Standard incorrect hash

    Submitted by rfcc_de on February 6, 2024 - 5:20am

    Dear all,

    I´ve tried to upgrade the App by using the upgrademanager, it download the Package twice and comes afterwards with the message it cannot be installed because the package is corrupted or a download error happened.

    The same after I have removed the App from Portable Apps and try to re-install.

    Can you please have a look if there is an issue?

    Thanks and regads

    Thomas

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