Portable App Development

is it possible to prevent Portable Apps from running but just show the menu when you double click the exe again?

[Moved to PortableApps Menu forum by Moderator RM]

i made this program with AutoIT. this program automatically changes your usb drive's icon wen you run it. this will also run the program you wish to autorun from your usb. so this doesnt take away the you usb's ability to autorun program you want.this program is call USBIR which stands for USB Icon Randomizer. Please use the program "Aut2Exe" provided in the AutoIT set to covert this into and executable.

Please download the source here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/13901953/USBIR.zip.html

I would like to become head of Hebrew translation,
I have translated the menu and it works great,
How can I continue?

regards, Shlomit

Hi all,

when I put an application into PortableApps directory, ALL .exe files will be listed in PortableAppsMenu, including e.g. update.exe or any "background running" .exe files.
I'd love to have the possibility to remove only that unwanted .exe files from the Menu (not the application itself). In other words, to select, which .exe files will be listed.
And also the possibility to rename the listed files would be nice.

I suggest this to consider while preparing the next versions of PortableAppsMenu.

Maybe I missed how to change this, but recently I installed a new app, but the name that showed up in the menu wasnt recognizable to indicate the app I installed. I installed a french program and it says "version fransais" instead of the program name.

It would be nice if we could rename these titles in the menu.

I've had an idea for a program which I'll have a go at doing once I have some spare time. The idea is to protect your important files from prying eyes if you lose your USB storage device. This requires a little explanation... bear with me.

I have not been into PortableApps.com for long, but I find it highly useful. But there are a few things that have been bothering me. These are not complaints mind you, they are just a few suggestions that came to me.

1. Dependencies:

I know this probably isn't the best place to ask on, but I figured someone here might know... it'll save me signing up to the NSIS BB.

Before I go and starts saying why I compiled this well here are the specs.

Program: Media Player Classic
Codec Package: CCCP13 filters Pre-installed.
Compression Used: UPX Mass Compress 2.0
Total Space: 8.94 MB on disk.

Internal Filters: Disabled.
Extranal Filters: CCCP Loaded Filters. ".\Filters"
SnapShotPath: Not Set.

Please Read the Read Me for best results.

Ive been working on an Auto Update installer.

It works by first adding a new Sub Menu item onto the PA Menu to check for updates. This then closes the PAM and launches the Auto Update util.

The util works by contacting a web server and downloading an update.ini which it reads. The update.ini lists things like what the udpate name is, where to get it what to do with it etc etc.

It then downlods, applys the update, checks the version and finsishs, it also can handle errors and if the versio is the same.