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Discuss portable app development and modification of existing apps.

VirtuaWin Portable Build

Submitted by LinkSlayer64 on June 2, 2009 - 8:37pm

I'm just saying, anyone here ever heard of "VirtuaWin" (google it, I'm not posting a link in case it breaks one of the rules, I never completely understand them) It is a multiple desktop program, up to 16, which has a portable build, however, if someone could test if it's fully portable, no registry entries (because I don't have a PC available to me that hasn't already run it atm) It is open source and what-not, and if possible, I would modify it to work with the portable apps format, if I'm able to.

Win7 Auto Reboot and PAP

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Submitted by NathanJ79 on May 26, 2009 - 5:25pm

I'm still running the Windows 7 RC1, and found a neat feature that might mess with the Platform. Following some updates, it will automatically restart. Now, it does tell you (and gives you a 15 minute countdown) but it's easy to miss if you get sidetracked. And once the counter gets to zero, it simply automatically reboots, seemingly without any consideration to what you are doing.

Won't this interfere with portable apps and the Platform, since upon exit, the launchers are supposed to perform cleanup operations? They won't do that if they're forced to close, will they?

Betaclock doesn't really work as portable. Why?

Submitted by portapotty on May 26, 2009 - 1:51am

http://www.betaclock.com/

I'm trying to make this program portable. I'm creating it using Thinapp using the normal method. When the portable exe is created and run, the actual clock doesn't display. The program runs fine in the background, I know this because if I double-click the exe again, the preferences window pops up and everything is working fine. But the actual clock display in the tray never shows up. i don't know why.

RaggieSoft Book Reader

Submitted by RaggieSoft on May 24, 2009 - 3:25pm

I am working on an open source (GPL v3) book reader and I would like to see if others would think it's a candidate or not.

It's available at http://books.raggiesoft.com/reader2.htm (be sure you're looking at Version 2, since version 1.5 uses the ugly/bulky .NET Framework).
I've tesed it on Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows XP Professional SP3, and Windows Vista Ultimate and it seems to run fine. (considering it's still an Alpha build)

How to create the AppNamePortable.exe

Submitted by javydreamercsw on May 22, 2009 - 12:13pm

I'm trying to make a Netbeans portable app and everything looks to be in place using the PortableApps.com Installer but it asking for an exe file in the base folder. I took a look at other working examples and they have an AppNamePortable.exe then the normal AppName.exe in the App/AppName folder. How can I create the AppNamePortable.exe?

0.90 vs 13.3 and NSIS

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Submitted by stone1343 on May 18, 2009 - 11:46pm

Hi, I haven't seen this info anywhere else, does the new 0.90 spec completely replace the 13.3 installer? I think "yes". What about NSIS Portable? I think "maybe", if all you're doing with NSIS is packaging PortableApps, then the NSIS included with 0.90 (it is included, right?) is all you need.

Help with tutorial

Submitted by act_tony on May 18, 2009 - 5:56pm

Hello everybody!!!

I found this tutorila [link to illegal website removed by mod JTH. please don't like to sites that host pirated software, open source violations, trademark violations, etc]
And i was wondering if anybody knows any other tutorial a little bit simpler or with more explanation than that one in the link, I'll appreciate any help. Thank u!!!

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