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by hdlbob
Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:10 pm
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: SMF - Search my Files
Replies: 3
Views: 10343

Re: SMF – Search my Files

I downloaded this and ran it and I like it alot. The GUI and the feature list are amazing. No bugs found in the short time I've used it. I'm interested in reading other posts from more experienced search tool users comparing this to other products. BTW, I put it in a directory named "apps/filet...
by hdlbob
Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:06 pm
Forum: Portable Hardware Discussion
Topic: Fastest USB drive available? (4-8GB)
Replies: 10
Views: 41716

Re: Fastest USB drive available? (4-8GB)

Oops! I didn't realize this was an old thread reactivated by a recent post. Here's a link to the 8GB model.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820220252

Price is $23. Free shipping in the US. I don't know what they charge for shipping to UK.
by hdlbob
Fri Feb 26, 2010 7:42 pm
Forum: Portable Hardware Discussion
Topic: Fastest USB drive available? (4-8GB)
Replies: 10
Views: 41716

Re: Fastest USB drive available? (4-8GB)

Patriot Xporter XT Boost 4GB. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010170522%2050002204%201309421175&name=Patriot%20Memory&ActiveSearchResult=True The customer reviews at newegg are pretty convincing. Personally, I've got a dozen USB flash drives and the Xporter i...
by hdlbob
Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:47 pm
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Simple portable programs launcher
Replies: 1
Views: 2816

Re: Simple portable programs launcher

I changed the full path to a relative path in the items.txt file and it still worked fine. Don't see a way to make relative pathnames the default. I guess you can just load up all your apps and then do a global search and replace for the file prefix in items.txt. Might want to call the exe something...
by hdlbob
Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:29 pm
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: Discussion: A radically new TPFC
Replies: 9
Views: 14470

Glad to hear you have more plans for this fantastic site, Andrew. I'm just a user of the apps and not a developer. I like your idea of a wiki with personal streams. Another idea to consider is tagging by category. You already have a few fields to describe whether an app modifies the registry, writes...
by hdlbob
Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:12 pm
Forum: Portable Freeware Discussion
Topic: 4 Gb is better than 8 GB
Replies: 13
Views: 18404

This is my first post here, so I hope I don't violate protocol. I've been browsing around for info on flash drive speeds and I noticed the ideas about 4GB USB flash drives being faster are widespread. You may enjoy looking at the test results one guy got after looking at quite a few drives: http://w...