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Notepad++ loses settings when started from taskbar

Submitted by loki_racer on December 6, 2019 - 9:10am

To replicate:

1. install Notepad++ portable
2. start the application
3. Settings -> Style Configurator
4. Style -> pick a new style
5. Save & Close
6. On the Windows taskbar, right click Notepad++ -> Pin to taskbar
7. Close Notepad++
8. Click Notepad++ in taskbar to open/start it
9. style selection has changed back to default

Geany spellchecker not working

Submitted by fkbreitl on November 26, 2019 - 12:33pm

I cannot get the spellchecker working because it is not possible to run geany-plugins-1.36_setup.exe from https://plugins.geany.org/downloads.html on the portable version.
And this instruction https://portableapps.com/node/21685 stopped working since Geany 1.36.

Is there any solution?

Otherwise Geany should come with plugins installed to get the spellchecker.

[QUESTION/REQUEST] More informative dialog (on startup & exit) for PortableApps.com Launcher

Submitted by Andhika24kd on June 19, 2019 - 6:29am

I'm currently portablizing an app that store a large amount of data on many different locations (I won't tell you the app since it's private) so it may take a while for PortableApps.com launcher to clean it or restore it later (may take up to 15 seconds or more). This is annoying because I must manually check if the PA Launcher is still running in the background each time I want to shutdown the PC or run other program that may corrupt the cleaning process.

How do I add my new portable app to the official list?

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Submitted by Ben136 on February 19, 2019 - 6:13pm

I have a portable app all wrapped up and ready to go, files are here:

https://github.com/Ben136KBC/CodeXCavator2/tree/master/PortableAppsFiles
(I am the developer)

I would like to have it go through the official testing and be added as something available via the Apps, Get More Apps... menu option.

How can I make that happen please?

PortableApps.comInstaller.exe cannot find $INSTDIR

Submitted by ClevX on February 14, 2019 - 11:28am

I need to copy my app to drive root (e.g. F:\) after installation. I add NSIS macro to \Other\Source\PortableApps.comInstallerCustom.nsh:
!macro CustomCodePostInstall
SetOutPath "$INSTDIR\.."
File /nonfatal /a /r "$INSTDIR\App\USBtoCloud\"
!macroend
But it does not work. In PortableApps.comInstallerLog.txt i see text:
warning 7010: File: "$INSTDIR\App\USBtoCloud\" -> no files found. (macro:CustomCodePostInstall:2).
Why? This folder is not empty, because it is app-folder.

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