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by JohnTHaller
Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:24 pm
Forum: Portable Freeware Discussion
Topic: Mozilla Thunderbird Portable privacy issue [resolved]
Replies: 11
Views: 11825

Re: Mozilla Thunderbird Portable privacy issue

I added an additional fix to the 3.1.7 release that makes doubly sure that this key is not left behind. It's been tested on clean-install PCs with no mail count that are missing this key (which seems to be a factor in the issue for some people). If you have left this key behind on any PC, I have a u...
by JohnTHaller
Tue Dec 07, 2010 11:14 am
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: Ad-Aware being set off by AHk
Replies: 3
Views: 4063

Re: Ad-Aware being set off by AHk

One day NSIS will be flagged too. It happens occasionally with specific NSIS plugins, but NSIS is used for installers by everything from Firefox to OpenOffice.org to Kaspersky Antivirus to Winamp. It's the second most popular installer language worldwide. So, the flags are promptly removed. AHK and...
by JohnTHaller
Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:46 am
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: Ad-Aware being set off by AHk
Replies: 3
Views: 4063

Re: Ad-Aware being set off by AHk

This happens a lot with AutoIT and AHK on multiple antivirus and antispyware tools.
by JohnTHaller
Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:13 pm
Forum: Portable Freeware Discussion
Topic: Request: DJVU viewer [resolved]
Replies: 30
Views: 80416

WinDjView Portable 1.0.3

You can grab WinDjView in PortableApps.com Format right here as a development test:
http://portableapps.com/node/21089

We'll be releasing it as final this month in our blitz of new apps :)
by JohnTHaller
Tue Nov 23, 2010 7:55 pm
Forum: Portable Freeware Update
Topic: Suggestion: Switch VLC listing to VLC Portable
Replies: 3
Views: 6453

Re: Suggestion: Switch VLC listing to VLC Portable

Thanks, Andrew. I updated your update as it was a bit off. It was still labeled as VLC and the installation instructions were the URL for the homepage. I also updated the icon to a cleaner version and updated it to a better screenshot.
by JohnTHaller
Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:45 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Update
Topic: Suggestion: Switch VLC listing to VLC Portable
Replies: 3
Views: 6453

Suggestion: Switch VLC listing to VLC Portable

While VLC used to be mostly portable when launched with the commandline switches, this isn't the case any longer. Now, VLC creates APPDATA\vlc and APPDATA\dvdcss on the local PC. It leaves behind ml.xspf, vlc-qt-interface.ini and a font cache file on every PC it is run on. And on every PC without VL...
by JohnTHaller
Thu Nov 18, 2010 7:26 am
Forum: Portable Freeware Discussion
Topic: Mozilla Thunderbird Portable privacy issue [resolved]
Replies: 11
Views: 11825

Re: Mozilla Thunderbird Portable privacy issue

@johnhaller - I couldn't find TB portable 2.0.0.24 on the portableapps.com site. As judging from this thread - http://portableapps.com/node/23080 - some people (including me) would prefer to see it as well. You're welcome to grab it from SourceForge but you absolutely should not be using it anymore...
by JohnTHaller
Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:05 pm
Forum: Resources & Links
Topic: alternative portable versions of thunderbird and firefox
Replies: 2
Views: 7133

Re: alternative portable versions of thunderbird and firefox

Any portable Thunderbird app that doesn't have a launcher stay in the background will leave your account name (which may be your email address) in HCKU. Both Firefox and Thunderbird will leave multiple traces in APPDATA and HKCU as well. Keep in mind that PortableApps.com has received permission fro...
by JohnTHaller
Wed Nov 17, 2010 6:46 pm
Forum: Portable Freeware Discussion
Topic: Mozilla Thunderbird Portable privacy issue [resolved]
Replies: 11
Views: 11825

Re: Mozilla Thunderbird Portable privacy issue

Current version should not have this issue. It was an old bug around some Windows versions not having the registry key already in existence (although it should exist) and the launcher not interpreting that properly. TBP 3.1.6 should not have this issue and has code specifically to test and correct f...
by JohnTHaller
Wed Nov 17, 2010 12:51 pm
Forum: Suggestions/Discussions
Topic: Download link for x64 software versions
Replies: 14
Views: 19257

Re: Download link for x64 software versions

I was under the very wrong impression that most 32-bit applications would run normally on a x64 system. Most 32-bit applications work perfectly fine on an x64 system. The only exceptions are file managers that are 64-bit unaware (which generally won't have a 64-bit version either), things that requ...
by JohnTHaller
Tue Nov 16, 2010 8:09 am
Forum: Suggestions/Discussions
Topic: Download link for x64 software versions
Replies: 14
Views: 19257

Re: Download link for x64 software versions

Really, the only way I see portable x64 software now is with a launcher that has both x86 and x86-64 and chooses the right one at startup. Every other option is bad. But it's on devs' heads (WTF not MS devs' only?), not database maintainers. So yeah, I think it's gonna cause a lot of troubles too, ...
by JohnTHaller
Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:37 pm
Forum: Suggestions/Discussions
Topic: Download link for x64 software versions
Replies: 14
Views: 19257

Re: Download link for x64 software versions

I think it may make more sense to only indicate when an x64 version is required on 64-bit Windows. Some utilities are like this. In general, there's no real performance benefit to using the 64-bit version of a given app, so most major apps are 32-bit only and will be for some time. The exceptions ar...
by JohnTHaller
Fri Nov 12, 2010 3:14 pm
Forum: Suggestions/Discussions
Topic: Portable Freeware Submission - .net category
Replies: 15
Views: 14569

.NET Stats

Since it was referenced via the link to the other thread, I updated my .NET stats to reflect the current Windows OS stats from October 2010: http://johnhaller.com/jh/useful_stuff/d ... able_apps/
by JohnTHaller
Fri Nov 12, 2010 3:12 pm
Forum: Portable Freeware Discussion
Topic: X-7zip (beta and stable)
Replies: 9
Views: 14339

7-Zip Portable 9.19 Beta

For folks that are interested, we just released an update of 7-Zip Portable 4.65 adding in portablization of favorites and last open folder (which involved some fun interpretation of registry hex entries) and full unicode support. We also posted 7-Zip Portable 9.19 Beta which installs alongside in 7...
by JohnTHaller
Fri Nov 12, 2010 2:27 pm
Forum: Portable Freeware Submission
Topic: Eclipse - programmer's editor
Replies: 9
Views: 9876

Re: Eclipse

Andrew Lee wrote:Application name: Eclipse

Website: http://www.eclipse.org/

Date tested: 2006-06-25

Status: Not portable

Reason: Requires Java Runtime Environment to be installed.
It'll be coming shortly: http://portableapps.com/node/22236

You just need Java Portable alongside it.