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%APPDATA% won't work in GoogleChromePortable.ini

Submitted by Hoefer on July 11, 2018 - 6:29am

Hello,

I try to use GoogleChromePortable in a pool of virtual machines. I want to "install" ChromePortable local on the machines - but the settings and the bookmarks etc. should be in the roaming userprofiles.

When I try to change the ProfileDirectory and the SettingsDirectory via GoogleChromePortable.ini it is not possible to set the path to %APPDATA%\Chrome.
It is also not possible to access a homedrive (E:\).
It is only possible to change the directory via "..\..\Users" but %USERNAME% is also not supported.

Any further ideas?

Firefox Start in safe mode

Submitted by makni on June 18, 2018 - 6:02am

I use Firefox portable version 52.2.0. I witnessed an unusual behavior:
After forcing the closure by killing the Firefox process from task manager, next time the browser is launched it will appear in safe mode.
Do you have any explanation for this behavior, knowing that the problem doesn’t happen systematically?

Appicon Question

Submitted by clickclick on June 11, 2018 - 1:46pm

Hello,
I'm new to all this and I am currently trying to portabalize an app that I have installed. I have it working and need to do more testing. I am using the 3.5.0 template. I see additional .png files along with the appicon.ico included with the template, but I only have the icon that came with the app. What is the purpose off the additional .png files and are they needed or recommended?

Thanks...

help with folder overwrite

Submitted by hypersonic on June 4, 2018 - 10:50pm

I have an app i build from stardock that's very stab-urn with a folder it creates on documents. I placed that folder on App\DefaultData because the contents in the folder are required to function however when I launch the launcher two folders are created inside documents one with my settings and the other with nothing inside. I did notice the blank folder says shared I tested putting my files inside the blank folder and it worked however its not controlled by the launcher.

need some help

Submitted by hypersonic on June 4, 2018 - 10:35pm

I need help trying to get %SYSDIR%\Tasks\MEGA folder deleted using custom code after I exit the app. The code I have doesn't seem to help and launcher just ignores any entries.

Start application

Submitted by Haggis2018 on May 24, 2018 - 1:48pm

I have various tools on my USB drive and have renamed the "Start" application to "PortableApps" but every time the platform updates it creates a new "start" application in the root of the USB. Is there any way of stopping this and simply start the program using my "PortableApps" shortcut.

Feedback for PortableApps.com Platform 15 Beta 4

Submitted by Stamimail on May 7, 2018 - 6:51am

PortableApps.com_Platform_Setup_15.0_Beta_4.paf.exe

1. This installer behave different from the other installler of PorableApp. Other installers I can put them on desktop and run them, and the default location of the extraction will be in one new folder.
This installer doesn't extract the content to a new folder by defualt. (Readme file can solve things here).

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