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Conflict of access with firefox dektop when a portable version already launched

Submitted by makni on March 9, 2018 - 10:16am

I use a portable Firefox version ESR 52.2.0, and I already configured this version in mono instance. when I try to access a web page with the Firefox desktop version, a tab on the poratable version is displayed.
is there any solution that disable the display of a firefox Desktop tab on the firefox portable version knowing that I want to keep the configuration in mono instance of the portable version that I use?

Font size in the (context) menus with display zoom 150% (15 Beta 2)

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Submitted by Martin0815 on February 15, 2018 - 7:46am

Dear support team,

I work with 150% desktop zoom and had often problems reading the menus shown using the "Backup", "Apps" (etc.) menu buttons or in the context menu of list items in the apps list.

Since version 15, now beta 2, those menus have a much more readable font size. But in relation to the fonts arround, the font size in those menus is much to big!

Please take a look at the image at screenshot of 15b2.

Best regards

Martin

Using keyboard to get a (context) menu

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Submitted by Martin0815 on February 15, 2018 - 7:32am

Hi,

I use the PortableApps Platform since years and since years mostly with the keyboard.
Since ever I can remember, the menus and the context menus open, if initiated with the keyboard, at the position of the mouse pointer, not at the position of a list item of the apps list, not at the position of the "Apps", "Backup", "Options", etc. "menu buttons".

Please consider to change the position of the menus opened using the keyboard, to be context, not mouse pointer related.

Thanks in advance!

Best regards,

PortableApps.comLauncher with x64 Java support

Submitted by Moravuscz on February 12, 2018 - 2:02pm

Since We can have both 32 and 64 bit versions of Java installed in the CommonFiles I thought it should be possible to run 64 bit Java if available and fallback to 32 bit depending on your system just like any other app can and depending if you installed 64 bit Java version from PAL. Turns out Java.nsh only had a check for $PortableAppsDirectory\CommonFiles\Java and $PortableAppsDirectory\CommonFiles\Java64 was not handled.

PortableApps.comInstaller Mod (Download cap increased to 10)

Submitted by Jeff Savage on January 18, 2018 - 8:32am

Jump to Latest Version (3.5.7): https://portableapps.com/comment/235388#comment-235388

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The original PortableApps.comInstaller has a DownloadUrl cap of 2, meaning you can only download 2 files with DownloadUrl and Download2Url. This mod increases this cap to 10.

Is it possible to create one app with several exe-files?

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Submitted by BlueRibbon on January 9, 2018 - 8:17pm

In some cases a program exists of more exe-files which function each separately, however together they form one program. For example I bring on the free music creator software PxTone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PxTone

It's a package containing 4 small exe-files, because next to a sequencer there's separate software for creating instrument voices and SFX and there's a player. (By the way: it's all portable by itself, however I don't know it leaves traces into the Windows Registry)

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