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[Fixed] updater.ini

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Submitted by r.andom on August 6, 2008 - 3:02pm

The last version of updater.ini is from 2008-07-25 and since then has been buggy (see here and here). With the new app versions from yesterday there are two more bugs: Neither WinSCP 4.1.6 nor FileZilla 3.1.0.1 show up in updater.ini.

So there are four apps now that won't be updated automatically. Please fix this issue, John.

CSIDL Redirection (ASAP)

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Submitted by digitxp on August 6, 2008 - 9:44am

I need to get SMPlayer working and out of the door before tomorrow (I know I'm a procrastinating dev :P) because SMPlayer still hogs CPU and crashes. I was thinking that since SMPlayer uses CSIDL to get folder paths, I could redirect CSIDL like haustin said he would implement into PortableApps.nsh (BTW what happened to it?).
I found a WinAPI article about it, but I'm not entirely sure if it's safe to use. Does it only change it in its own enviroment like the Enviroment Variables, or does it affect the entire system?

(Outdated) PortableApps.com Installer 0.12.4 (2009-03-12)

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Submitted by John T. Haller on August 5, 2008 - 2:27pm

THE NEW RELEASE OF THE PORTABLEAPPS.COM INSTALLER IS HERE:
https://portableapps.com/node/19015

The PortableApps.com Installer allows you to easily create a custom installer for any app without having to write any code. You just need to edit a simple configuration file that has comments within and have the latest NSIS and the FindProc and MoreInfo plugins installed on your PC.

Calculator (via Firefox)

Submitted by Rexx72 on August 2, 2008 - 8:16pm

I really love the open source Idea, but I'm a noob when it comes to scripting and programming. So I'm playing with batch files atm. As per my post here. Also I've been trying to find an open source calculator to replace the MS calc.exe (from XP) that I have been using. Plenty of "freeware" no open source though. SpeedCrunch is too big for my needs.

Search for a Registry Value

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Submitted by Simeon on July 31, 2008 - 8:36am

I know that it is rather easy to search for a registry key with the Registry plugin but doesn anyone know a methode to search for a registry value?

My problem is this:
PopMan can be set to autostart with Windows and it does that by writing a registry value called

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run:
PopMan: "J:\PortableApps\PopManPortable\App\PopMan\PopMan.exe -minimize"

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