Questions tagged [portable-apps]
Portable software for USB, portable and cloud drives.
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Chrome's print page is grayed out and stuck for all webpages, but works perfectly for PDF files
Every attempt to print webpages in the latest PortableApps Chrome (currently v125.0.6422.61) in Windows 10 is just grayed out and fails with a message of Print preview failed. Note nothing is ...
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Firefox Portable (multi instance) won't load its profile if other Firefox already open
I have a strange problem. I have three instances of Firefox Portable (on a Windows 11 system). I did set the option AllowMultipleInstances=true in the FirefoxPortable.ini file and for the first few ...
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Procedure to update portable LibreOffice
Having "installed" (i.e.: unpacked) LibreOfficePortable, I got a message that an update is availble.
So far, so good.
However when I clicked the button to get the update, the "normal&...
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Storing session data and cookies of portable browsers in folder of these portable browsers - not working with Chrome
I have a lot of accounts (48) on one website. I must use all these accounts every day. But that website has no opportunity to turn off double authorization, and in fact I don't have all these phone ...
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Can end users specify where to save games' data?
This freeware Unity Engine game saves in Windows its data at:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Turbo Chimp
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Turbo Chimp
The registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Turbo Chimp
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Installing spell-checking extension in portable LibreOffice fails
I had an issue with a German document being opened in portable LibreOffice using Windows 10:
Writer complained that the spelling module was missing, but when I tried to install the extension, it ...
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Why can't I run this portable exe from my USB drive? "Cannot access the specified device..."
I'm trying to use R-Undelete which has a portable installed on a 16GB PNY usb drive. When I try to start anything on the drive it returns this message :
So I was trying to update the drivers for USB ...
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How to disable "To get future Google Chrome updates, you'll need Windows 10 or later" startup warning on portable Ungoogled Chromium?
To disable "To get future Google Chrome updates, you'll need Windows 10 or later" warning on Google Chrome, we know that it's by setting HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome &...
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Fonts in LibreOfficePortable\Data\fonts are not used
Having installed the portable LibreOffice, I found the fonts folder with the file named add_fonts_here.txt.
So I put some TrueType fonts in there and restarted LibreOffice.
However the fonts are not ...
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How can I use Inkscape CLI options with Inkscape portable?
I've read that you can use various CLI options with Inkscape.
However, I haven't found a way to use those with Inkscape Portable.
When I enter in my cmd window, e.g.
InkscapePortable.exe --action-list
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My updater script for portable apps works. But not for VSCode
Edit: Fixed version below.
I have a script that lets me update any app that is distributed in portable format, and it works. With the exception of VSCode. With VSCode, after running the script, I'm ...
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LibreOfficePortable - shared drive / multi user
I'd like to use the binaries of LibreOfficePortable with more users in one shared drive, example:
Z:\LibreOfficePortable\LibreOfficeDrawPortable.exe
By default this is not possible as the profile is ...
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How do I run Java from a usb key by using JPortable and its launcher?
I downloaded both the Java runtime environment and the JPortable launcher from PortableApps.com in order to run Java and edit projects by launching the IDE from my USB key without the need of ...
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Create Shortcut to Open File with Portable App
I recently figured out that I could import a Windows shortcut link to Calibre as a "book" and have it open whatever I want in its own default program. I was thrilled to figure that out, but as I am ...
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Why all the virtual machines I configure on portable Virtual Box do terminate during startup?
I installed Portable Virtual Box on Windows 10 Enterprise x64 and created several Virtual Machines both Windows 7 and Linux, but I could not start any of them without getting an error.
I've been ...
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