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If he dies: http://nascent-project.org/portableapps/irc/restart 03:20:30 *** Sergentsiler is now known as SrgSiler|AFK 04:59:27 *** CB_TM (cb3b0821@gateway/web/freenode/ip.203.59.8.33) has joined #portableapps 04:59:34 0.0 04:59:41 <. < Hello? 05:00:25 help! 05:00:25 CB_TM: Welcome to the PortableApps.com official chatroom. Ask your question and someone should be able to help you shortly. If you still don't get an answer, try posting on the forums: http://portableapps.com/forums 05:02:44 hm, okay...I downloaded OpenOfficePortable and after deleting it and placing it straight in my USB instead of a sub-folder.... I managed to get it to open and ask me to register etc. but now I try to run it and it doesn't work :/ It gives the the "I'm opening!" splash but then that disappears and nothing else happens.... 05:04:02 <. < The FAQ on it only had two questions and neither helped...I had a brief look over the support forum for it and nothing seemed to answer it either :/ 05:05:01 Oh! The main one opens, where you select which document type you want to start/load, it's just the actual apps for the docs that doesn't open 'x3 05:05:11 *don't 05:05:38 *** ChrisMorgan (~ChrisMorg@unaffiliated/chrismorgan) has joined #portableapps 05:05:58 ... Hi Chris 05:06:05 Can you help me? 05:09:44 ChrisMorgan: I downloaded OpenOfficePortable and dumped it straight into my USB (in 'OpenOfficePortable' subfolder) and it opens the app-selector and asked for my name and everything, but when I select what doc type I want to start it just sits there and does nothing. And if I try and start it directly it just gives me the "I'm opening!" splash and then that disappears and nothing else happens :/ 05:10:30 What is the directory path you have installed it to? 05:10:47 "F:\OpenOfficePortable" 05:10:47 X:\OpenOfficePortable? 05:10:51 yeah 05:11:02 And you say you "dumped it" - installed, I presume? 05:11:22 yeah, ran the program "Where do you want it? --> F:\OpenOfficePortable? Okay!" 05:11:44 How long have you tried waiting for, and have you checked in Task Manager or similar to see if OpenOfficePortable.exe or soffice.exe are still running? 05:12:28 I've waited maybe....5-10 minutes. :/ I don't have admin here so I can't check Task Manager -.-' 05:12:45 Try Ctrl+Shift+Escape 05:13:06 Just on it's own or after opening the main program? 05:13:22 On its own, that runs Task Manager 05:13:46 It's quite a while since I've used such a restricted computer and I can't remember whether it's just the item or the actual program which is blocked... 05:14:08 ... it says "Task Manager has been disabled by your Administrator" 05:14:16 OK. 05:14:25 I'm not sure what the issue could be. 05:14:56 >.< Yeah, usually I'm on my own comp but I got this because these comps suck :/ meh, thanks for trying! :3 05:15:23 So... how far does it get? 05:15:38 It does the registration wizard, then it gets the the panel with the buttons for each document type? 05:15:44 Yeah 05:16:03 Then what happens when you click on one - is OO.o terminating or does it just do nothing? 05:16:11 It does nothing 05:16:36 Have you tried using the File menu? 05:16:52 .... >///< err... hang on, I'll try now 05:19:02 "Due to an unexpected error, OpenOffice.org crashed. All the files you were working on will now be saved. The next time OpenOffice.org is launched, your files will be recovered automatically." 05:19:41 Hmm. 05:19:53 Could be something in the restrictions on the local machine is causing it to break. 05:20:16 I think #openoffice.org would be the best place to ask; they might have some notion of what's happening. 05:20:49 Yeah, probably >___<* :/ It's annoying because these comps use Vista but I'm on XP so you always have to save you stuff twice here so you can use it at home :/ :3 Thanks for the advice, I'll check it out. 05:21:18 I didn't realise there was a channel for the app 06:40:14 *** CB_TM has quit (Quit: Page closed) 06:54:19 *** awircser (~awircser@41.238.214.187) has joined #portableapps 06:55:32 *** pkinchington (~the_pakma@ip-62-105-183-218.dsl.twang.net) has joined #portableapps 06:57:30 *** pkinchington has quit (Client Quit) 07:05:54 *** ChrisMorgan has quit (Quit: Quit messages are inane.) 07:46:22 *** awircser has quit (Quit: Leaving) 07:52:05 *** ChrisMorgan (~ChrisMorg@unaffiliated/chrismorgan) has joined #portableapps 08:15:59 *** pa_4438 (c06d320a@gateway/web/freenode/ip.192.109.50.10) has joined #portableapps 08:18:25 *** ChrisMorgan has quit (Ping timeout: 276 seconds) 08:20:28 *** pa_4438 has quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) 08:27:27 *** benedikt93 (~benedikt9@unaffiliated/benedikt93) has joined #portableapps 08:35:26 *** pa_8243 (84e73601@gateway/web/freenode/ip.132.231.54.1) has joined #portableapps 08:36:58 Hello! I got a short question. Is ist possible to safe my PortableApps-Stick with a Password? That I have to log in to use PA? 08:41:21 Nobody out there? 08:46:24 Is ist possible to safe my PortableApps-Stick with a Password that shows up at the start? 08:50:15 *** pa_8243 has quit (Quit: Page closed) 08:53:14 *** Maahes (~Matthew@adsl-75-16-48-247.dsl.irvnca.sbcglobal.net) has joined #portableapps 08:53:39 *** Maahes has quit (Client Quit) 09:03:58 *** chazz has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 09:04:05 *** chazz (~chazz@bb-183-006.omnitelcom.com) has joined #portableapps 09:04:05 chazz is the guy who failed at developing stuff. :D 09:04:10 *** chazz has quit (Changing host) 09:04:10 *** chazz (~chazz@opennic/dabomb69) has joined #portableapps 09:04:11 ... 09:14:42 *** tuttincoro (~tute@41.177.8.24) has joined #portableapps 10:11:50 *** lizenz (4e300626@gateway/web/freenode/ip.78.48.6.38) has joined #portableapps 10:12:08 hello 10:14:43 When using portable Apps - is the Lizenz of the original software untouched? 10:31:44 lizenz: "lizenz"? 10:32:20 oh, sorry, yes. the license of the original software is unmodified 10:35:38 (Ja. die Lizenz der Original-Software ist unverändert) 10:41:16 *** lizenz has quit (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) 10:48:40 *** tuttincoro has quit (Ping timeout: 276 seconds) 11:36:01 *** awircser (~awircser@41.238.214.187) has joined #portableapps 12:18:58 what's with the german? 12:19:01 ny 12:24:44 *** ChrisMorgan (~ChrisMorg@unaffiliated/chrismorgan) has joined #portableapps 12:28:43 *** m-p{3} (~pinardm@modemcable104.66-80-70.mc.videotron.ca) has joined #portableapps 12:41:50 *** benedikt93 has quit (Quit: Bye ;)) 12:56:28 *** awircser has quit (Quit: Leaving) 13:07:13 *** Gringoloco (~Gringoloc@unaffiliated/gringoloco) has joined #portableapps 13:11:40 *** pa_6742 (7a31a4af@gateway/web/freenode/ip.122.49.164.175) has joined #portableapps 13:11:45 Spam - http://portableapps.com/node/10965#comment-156137 13:12:40 ciao 13:12:42 *** pa_6742 has quit (Client Quit) 13:29:46 *** ChrisMorgan has quit (Ping timeout: 276 seconds) 13:32:22 *** pa_4873 (7a31a4af@gateway/web/freenode/ip.122.49.164.175) has joined #portableapps 13:32:26 Spam - http://portableapps.com/node/19377#comment-156138 13:32:32 *** pa_4873 has quit (Client Quit) 14:12:28 *** Gringoloco has quit (Quit: Leaving) 14:15:14 JohnTHaller: Pidgin portable is taking forever to install again...anything I can look into as to why? 14:20:13 *** pkinchington (~the_pakma@ip-62-105-183-218.dsl.twang.net) has joined #portableapps 14:21:40 *** pkinchington has quit (Client Quit) 14:45:47 your computer? 14:50:28 M4T1A5: nope...Pidgin installs quick and fine when I don't use the updater 14:50:34 and it takes pidgin 5x as long to install as FF 14:50:48 well idk 14:51:05 and i don't really care i just leave it to update to the background 14:51:24 doesn't help me, nor a "normal" user who would be waiting for it 14:51:37 maybe not 14:51:50 but it's not going to be more than 5min 14:51:52 or is it? 14:51:53 the only Idea I got from him last time I had the issue was that it was installing multilingual when I only install English normally 14:52:02 but nothing points to a multi install 14:52:04 it does actually 14:52:12 and it shouldn't, being that I'm using an external hard drive and USB2 14:52:34 k 14:53:21 i think most "normal" usets also leave it to the background 14:53:54 also are you sure the problem is not specific to you? 14:54:26 not sure why it would be. 14:54:45 well you can never know 14:55:03 I'll just DL the installer and reinstall it now and see if it takes that long 14:55:08 ok 14:55:38 maybe the installer was bugged and it has been updated now 14:55:53 no, I installed not even an hour ago 14:56:15 but I'll do a double test 14:56:19 I'll install manually now 14:56:24 and time it...the install via the updater 14:57:03 6 seconds to install manually 14:57:20 lol 6seconds 14:57:23 is not so bad 14:57:55 trying the updater now (and keep in mind I'm only counting install time, not download time 14:58:17 okay 14:58:31 and so it begins 14:58:38 you do know it's a beta quality product 14:58:49 right? 14:59:59 the updater just downloads and runs the installer. 15:00:01 beta or not 15:00:15 it shouldn't take over 20x as long to install the same product 15:00:20 becuase it's using the SAME installer 15:00:27 there's no interruptions from the Updater 15:01:46 192 seconds to install via the updater 15:01:53 of course it shouldn't 15:01:57 but it CAN 15:02:00 there's no reason it should be 32x slower 15:02:17 not any obvious reason 15:03:09 I have no clue why it would take that much longer...per the appinfo.ini it's the same type of install, English, and it's installing the same thing...to the same location...with the same installer 15:03:49 that's why I asked JohnTHaller about it. SOmething seems to be wrong 15:03:53 did you run the installer FROM the usb drive? 15:03:56 the manual one 15:03:58 .... 15:03:59 no 15:04:07 and the updater doesn't either 15:04:11 i know 15:04:14 that is run from %TEMP% 15:04:18 i know 15:04:25 that is why i asked 15:04:38 i would even be Ok with a 30s install time...that's still reasonable...but not ovr 3 minutes 15:04:55 :D 15:05:07 well im sure jonh has some great answer to that 15:11:40 *** rainroom69 (~RainrooM@94-224-139-197.access.telenet.be) has joined #portableapps 15:28:10 *** rainroom69 has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 15:39:48 *** rainroom69 (~RainrooM@94-224-139-197.access.telenet.be) has joined #portableapps 16:08:58 *** benedikt93 (~benedikt9@unaffiliated/benedikt93) has joined #portableapps 16:20:21 *** rainroom69 has quit (Disconnected by services) 16:20:22 *** rainroom691 (~RainrooM@94-224-139-197.access.telenet.be) has joined #portableapps 16:20:25 *** rainroom691 is now known as rainroom69 16:24:53 *** rainroom69 has quit (Disconnected by services) 16:24:54 *** rainroom691 (~RainrooM@94-224-139-197.access.telenet.be) has joined #portableapps 16:24:57 *** rainroom691 is now known as rainroom69 16:31:31 *** modwiz (43a7d855@gateway/web/freenode/ip.67.167.216.85) has joined #portableapps 16:32:23 how do you convert a single file desktop exe to a portable apps exe file? 16:33:38 there is no conversion modwiz 16:33:48 you should read up on the development page on PortableApps.com 16:33:50 and also read this 16:33:54 .def field_guide 16:33:54 field_guide is here: http://portableapps.com/node/14868 16:34:11 i did not make it 16:34:46 it is just a desktop app i want to add to my drive as a portable app 16:34:55 I just told you what to do modwiz 16:34:58 *** rainroom69 has quit (Disconnected by services) 16:34:58 *** rainroom691 (~RainrooM@94-224-139-197.access.telenet.be) has joined #portableapps 16:35:01 *** rainroom691 is now known as rainroom69 16:35:09 okay thank you 16:35:19 rainroom69: please fix your connection or part this room until it is fixed 16:35:25 you're welcome modwiz 16:35:33 goodbye 16:36:54 *** modwiz has quit (Quit: Page closed) 16:44:04 *** rainroom691 (~RainrooM@94-224-139-197.access.telenet.be) has joined #portableapps 16:44:10 *** rainroom69 has quit (Disconnected by services) 17:04:08 *** Twinkletoes has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.86-rdmsoft [XULRunner 1.9.1.4/20091028075816]) 17:08:53 *** marlop|away is now known as marlop 17:10:33 *** pa_5959 (4de41ca8@gateway/web/freenode/ip.77.228.28.168) has joined #portableapps 17:10:38 hello 17:11:17 can anybody help me? i just want to know how to unistall PortableApps.com Suite 17:11:47 can't see it in vista control panel program list 17:13:30 I mean, instead of installing in a pen drive, i installed in my hard drive... 17:14:14 *** rainroom69 (~RainrooM@94-224-139-197.access.telenet.be) has joined #portableapps 17:14:56 pa_5959, just delete the folders created by the installer 17:15:11 ok 17:15:12 where you installed it? 17:15:13 thanks ;) 17:15:20 in my c drive 17:15:30 at the root? 17:15:51 no, c:\data 17:16:32 ok 17:16:58 thanks 17:17:02 *** pa_5959 has quit (Quit: Page closed) 17:17:43 *** rainroom691 has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 17:28:14 *** rainroom69 has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 17:28:15 *** rainroom691 (~RainrooM@94-224-139-197.access.telenet.be) has joined #portableapps 17:28:20 *** rainroom691 is now known as rainroom69 17:29:36 *** rainroom691 (~RainrooM@94-224-139-197.access.telenet.be) has joined #portableapps 17:29:36 *** rainroom69 has quit (Disconnected by services) 17:29:41 *** rainroom691 is now known as rainroom69 17:30:39 *** rainroom691 (~RainrooM@94-224-139-197.access.telenet.be) has joined #portableapps 17:30:39 *** rainroom69 has quit (Disconnected by services) 17:30:42 *** rainroom691 is now known as rainroom69 17:36:42 *** ProgMan (~ProgMan@67-150-171-189.lsan.mdsg-pacwest.com) has joined #portableapps 17:50:30 *** Dylan6599 (~chatzilla@76-231-161-38.lightspeed.wlfrct.sbcglobal.net) has joined #portableapps 17:57:13 *** benedikt93 has quit (Quit: Bye ;)) 17:57:54 *** chazz has quit (Read error: Operation timed out) 18:09:29 *** JohnTHaller (~JohnTHall@cpe-67-247-35-38.nyc.res.rr.com) has joined #portableapps 18:12:36 *** kai_62656 (~kai_62656@unaffiliated/kai-62656/x-7765177) has joined #portableapps 18:13:10 *** kai_62656 is now known as BDC-kracker 18:14:34 *** ProgMan has quit (Quit: Leaving.) 18:40:30 *** rouilj1 has quit (Quit: Leaving.) 18:42:39 *** nexus6__ (~Standard@h081217033132.dyn.cm.kabsi.at) has joined #portableapps 18:50:19 *** rainroom69 has quit (Quit: Leaving.) 19:06:32 *** awircser (~awircser@41.238.214.187) has joined #portableapps 19:17:21 *** rouilj1 (~rouilj@64.241.37.140) has joined #portableapps 19:24:38 *** joseperes (cd90daea@gateway/web/freenode/ip.205.144.218.234) has joined #portableapps 19:24:43 Hi 19:25:03 I need to know when the 2 b6 will be available 19:25:40 *** ptmb (~PTMblogge@a81-84-170-85.cpe.netcabo.pt) has joined #portableapps 19:26:27 HI 19:27:03 JohnTHaller, ^^ 19:27:05 *** joseperes has quit (Client Quit) 19:30:29 *** Dylan6599 has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.86 [SeaMonkey 2.0.6/20100701063550]) 19:30:30 *** chazz (~chazz@opennic/dabomb69) has joined #portableapps 19:30:30 ... 19:30:30 ... 19:30:30 *** GizmoBot has quit (Remote host closed the connection) 19:31:43 *** HuggyBear has quit (Quit: KVIrc 4.0.0 Insomnia http://www.kvirc.net/) 19:34:40 *** ptmb has quit (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) 19:42:35 *** ptmb (~PTMblogge@a81-84-170-85.cpe.netcabo.pt) has joined #portableapps 20:06:49 *** nexus6__ has quit (Quit: Verlassend) 20:12:08 *** awircser has quit (Quit: Leaving) 20:16:08 *** gluxon (~gluxon@c-71-234-105-104.hsd1.ct.comcast.net) has joined #portableapps 20:17:54 *** Oni-Neoxes (~Oni-Neoxe@unaffiliated/oni-neoxes) has joined #portableapps 20:26:08 *** marlop is now known as marlop|away 20:26:51 *** BDC-kracker has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 20:40:17 *** m-p{3} has quit (Remote host closed the connection) 21:12:29 *** GizmoBot (~GizmoBot@vps.gizmokid2005.com) has joined #portableapps 21:12:32 GizmoBot is the official bot of #Gizmokid2005 and #PortableApps. 21:22:07 *** Mir has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 21:25:19 *** Mir (~Mir@pool-71-109-150-191.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net) has joined #portableapps 21:25:34 *** MGSsancho (~sancho@66-215-23-78.dhcp.gldl.ca.charter.com) has joined #portableapps 21:25:39 *** MGSsancho has parted #portableapps (None) 21:31:48 *** jfcarroll (d87c65a2@gateway/web/freenode/ip.216.124.101.162) has joined #portableapps 21:32:19 Anyone here have experience with Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition? I'm having troubles with an IMAP account. 21:32:59 jfcarroll: yep, but I don't use it with IMAP. What's your problem? 21:35:14 Let me explain what I'm trying to do. We don't have Internet access at home, so I want to download the emails at school and bring them home for my wife on the flash drive. Sounds simple, right? 21:35:22 not with IMAP 21:35:23 it's not possible 21:35:36 Oh, really? 21:35:38 Yep 21:35:47 I thought TB would store local copies of the messages. 21:35:49 If you set the entire folder as synced and available for offline use and then turn Thunderbird offline, that would probably work. 21:35:50 IMAP is an always connected server connection, always pulls the information from the server 21:35:54 But only for reading. 21:35:58 ^^ as JohnTHaller said. 21:36:02 otherwise you'd need to use POP3 21:36:06 to download the email 21:36:51 Well, IMAP can download them as well via the above-mentioned method. But you can't interact with the server in offline mode, so you can't go deleting messages or anything. At least if I recall correctly. I'm never offline, so I don't use it myself. 21:36:52 Yes, I marked a single folder in my Gmail account to be synchronized. We have had partial success. 21:37:31 Thank you, Gizmodkid and JohnT, for your help. This is encouraging to talk with someone about this. We've been trying to get this to work for a few weeks now. 21:37:32 *** Allen (~Allen@216-55-201-197.static.mts.net) has joined #portableapps 21:37:45 POP is more designed for the situation you are in... intermittent internet access, downloading everything and working with it locally, not leaving things on the server. 21:38:06 So, we have had partial success: When we run it the first time, the messages appear, but if you run TB portable again, then all the messages disappear. 21:38:12 Though jfcarroll POP3 can leave things on the server if you tell it to. It doesn't download them just to your local application. 21:38:12 You can reply and TB will send it when it goes online again. 21:38:33 Okay, perhaps IMAP wasn't designed to do this. 21:38:49 Yes, I looked at using POP, but that presents some challenges for us. 21:39:20 POP has issues with leaving stuff on the server if you use more than one client. Unread vs read, which messages are downloaded, etc, isn't always maintained properly. 21:39:21 We share a Gmail account, and most of the email is really for me. I star the messages for her, and IMAP makes downloading all the starred messages easy. 21:39:42 JohnTHaller, yes, I agree, that's why I'm trying to get it to work with IMAP. 21:39:50 Ah. I'd actually recommend getting her her own account and setting that up to use POP. 21:40:08 To use POP, I would have to move all the messages to the [INBOX] and then have the POP client download the messages. 21:40:10 From work, you can even take a message from your own account and move it to hers via IMAP. 21:40:52 JohnT, do you mean forward the message? If not, how do I move messages between accounts? Do you mean, using TB? 21:41:14 No, you setup two accounts with IMAP in TB and you can move messages between accounts and folders. I do it all the time. 21:41:33 BTW, I'm a full-time student, not employed, which means I'm using public computers and don't have a machine I can fully control. 21:42:17 JohnT, okay, I see how that would work, from a technical perspective. However, with my limited time, I just jump on gmail.com quickly rather than waiting for TB Portable to load. 21:42:52 Thanks everyone for your advice. I would be hard for us to stop sharing an email account, but I think that might be the best option for us at this point. Thanks! 21:43:02 you're welcome jfcarroll 21:43:13 Sure thing 21:43:34 JohnTHaller: did you see my earlier messages about PidginPortable? 21:43:34 *** Allen has quit (Quit: Leaving) 21:43:46 No 21:43:48 Where? 21:43:53 moment 21:43:55 it was in here 21:44:03 I don't read IRC logs nor pay attention to tells. 21:44:08 I know 21:44:10 you were in here 21:44:12 that's why I asked 21:44:26 Right, but I might have been away. Unless I respond, I didn't get it :-P 21:44:38 haha I figured, just sayin' :P 21:44:41 For some reason, Pidgin can't update your nick on away, which is lame. 21:44:47 I know.. 21:44:53 one of the many reasons I quit using it for IRC 21:45:10 *** jfcarroll has quit (Quit: Page closed) 21:45:12 I updated Pidgin via the updater today...and clocked it in at 192 seconds to update after it downloaded 21:45:28 I then downloaded the installer myself, and ran it manually, it completed in 6 seconds. 21:45:39 then I changed the appinfo.ini to show 2.7.2 and had the updater do it again, with the same result. 21:45:44 ~190 seconds 21:46:25 it seems to ONLY affect pidgin, because I also updated Filezilla, Firefox, and whatelse was updated...and all the other installs finished in less than half the time pidgin's entire install took. 21:46:31 It could be additional stuff on the antirvirus or something. There's nothing different about the installer. 21:46:43 av was disabled, I thought about that. 21:46:50 it just doesn't make sense. 21:47:03 It does the same thing regardless of hidden or shown in terms of files modified. And all the apps use the same installer code. 21:47:20 apparently not 21:47:35 I know they do JohnTHaller, but something with pidgin just destroys its install time. 21:47:45 btw JohnTHaller any news on beta 6? 21:48:31 *** ZachThibeau (~ZachThibe@unaffiliated/zachthibeau) has joined #portableapps 21:48:32 ZachThibeau is the main developer of PChat and is a developer with PortableApps.com 21:48:32 I have no idea, honestly. It's the EXACT same installer code in all apps. 2.0.2. 21:48:48 M4T1A5: when it's done. I don't make any public estimates at all ever anymore. 21:48:50 any ideas as to what I might be able to look into to track it down? 21:49:07 JohnTHaller: okay then 21:49:13 just asking 21:49:33 M4T1A5: I know. But if I make one and miss it, the same dozen people will complain and whine and I'm honestly tired of it. 21:50:02 yeah that's what i hate it with some people 21:50:29 they don't get the difference between a solid release date and an estimated one 21:50:42 Gizmokid2005: I noticed a slow install time on Pidgin too. 21:50:54 M4T1A5: So, no estimates. Because even if I label it as tentative or something I'm shooting for and even if there are real reasons to change it (the difficult bugs in Beta 5 for example, requiring updates to the PA.c installer and 1/2 dozen apps)... 21:51:16 *when updating. 21:51:21 M4T1A5: They'll act like the sky is fallen and a grave personal injustice has been perpetrated upon them. 21:51:29 :D 21:51:52 but it will most likely still be this month right? 21:53:07 well w/e it will be realeased when it will be 21:54:39 You'll know as you see PA.c installer 2.0.3 come out, then repacks of the online installer apps. All of that is required to fix the updater issue with proxies and software firewalls 21:55:47 JohnTHaller: I think I've figured it out...possibly 21:56:22 Looks like the way it handles the logs, it's actually recreating EVERY log file when running from the updater 21:58:39 What logs? The PA.c installer doesn't use any logs or change any. 21:59:45 pidgin's logs 22:00:23 Yeah, but the installer doesn't touch them. 22:00:25 using Process Monitor, and there's a lot of "FAST IO DISALLOWED" results on the System.dll 22:00:30 I'm just telling you what I'm seeing 22:01:28 But there's no code anywhere in the installer to touch anything in Data 22:02:57 JohnTHaller: http://gizmokid2005.pastebin.com/GN9F2Dmh <-- that's just a snippet of pretty much everything I"m seeing in Process Monitor 22:04:24 How much space do you have free on your drive? 22:04:34 tons 22:04:54 Flash drive? 22:04:56 no 22:05:00 2.5" ext. USB HDD 22:05:04 Hmm. 22:05:18 I know it's not the drive 22:05:27 but it's a LOT of that log file. 22:05:29 *stuff 22:05:36 I tried it both ways on my PC and both installs took ~2 seconds. Internal hd, English with no Additional Langs 22:05:44 do you have any logs though? 22:06:04 How many logs files do you have? Just do Properties in Explorer to find out. 22:06:09 haha 22:06:10 a LOT 22:06:57 288MB worth 22:07:02 28424 files 22:07:09 Holy crap 22:07:13 I figured it out. 22:07:27 but like I said, the installer run manually works fine. 22:07:47 In silent mode, it's calculating the current app size (an expensive operation resource-wise) to add to the drive size even when it doesn't need to. 22:08:02 there you go. 22:08:10 I knew something was wrong. 22:08:13 Now I gotta update every app. Ugh. 22:11:59 Thanks for finding it. This'll speed up updates for lots of folks. 22:12:08 No worries 22:12:15 I knew something was wrong and refused to take No as an answer :) 22:12:22 thanks for helping me help you find it. 22:13:14 I knew it wasn't something wrong specifically with Pidgin installer. But as soon as you said you had lots of logs, I figured that might be it. In non-silent mode, the first check is done by NSIS itself (enough space on leaving the directory page). But I need to recreate that in the silent code. 22:13:55 I knew it wasn't the installer either 22:13:59 but I didn't know exactly what it was. 22:14:09 In silent mode, it's only using the backup of FreeSpace +CurrentInstallSize - UpgradeInstallSize - DataSize 22:15:08 ahh 22:15:09 yeah 22:15:11 Which I can actually fine-tune and improve as well while I'm in there to ignore Data, making it less expensive. 22:17:30 glad I could help fix it :) I'm surprised it wasn't expensive like that in firefox honestly 22:17:33 because of the cache, etc. 22:17:40 cache is disabled in FF 22:17:50 It's expensive per-file, not for size. 22:18:03 And Pidgin logs are all individual files. 22:18:11 I know pidgin's are 22:18:20 FF has a 16.8MB cache folder right now. 22:18:36 but I see that it's only 104 files too... 22:18:55 Ah, you enabled cache since you're on a HD 22:19:03 Yeah, low file count, so not too expensive 22:19:29 I may have 22:19:49 *shrugs* I'm personally surprised at the lack of files in there. 22:20:05 I think Pidgin is probably one of the "worst" apps for this bug, at least for those who use it frequently 22:21:58 *** rouilj1 has quit (Quit: Leaving.) 22:25:58 *** Oni-Neoxes has quit (Quit: Quit) 22:30:20 *** pa_1729 (7948ab7c@gateway/web/freenode/ip.121.72.171.124) has joined #portableapps 22:30:40 Gizmokid2005: Yeah, if they have logs enabled. 22:30:45 Yep 22:30:45 *** pa_1729 is now known as Jen 22:30:59 *** Jen is now known as kiwikay 22:31:26 Is there a portable app to download swf files off the internet? 22:32:42 *** Oni-Neoxes (~Oni-Neoxe@unaffiliated/oni-neoxes) has joined #portableapps 22:32:47 kiwikay: You can do it in Firefox. 22:32:53 Or Firefox Portable in this case. 22:34:32 Really? I have a "Flash Video Downloader" add-on installed, but it won't work 22:36:27 flash video is typically .flv not .swf, so that might be part of the problem, but I've never heard of or used that extension 22:36:28 *** rouilj1 (~rouilj@pool-74-104-157-242.bstnma.fios.verizon.net) has joined #portableapps 22:38:31 Penndriveapps.com has something called iWisoft which they say will do this, but I'm wondering if I can install a portable app that didn't come from Portableapps.com 22:40:23 And you do you normally download .flv files through Firefox? Just the same way you download anything? I don't remember trying with that type of file. 22:44:32 *** ZachThibeau_ (~ZachThibe@unaffiliated/zachthibeau) has joined #portableapps 22:45:47 *** ZachThibeau has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 22:47:07 kiwikay: Normally you have to view source, find for a .swf extension, and copy the url into the url box, and download it. 22:47:37 If you have the Adblock Plus extension, you can just click on the block tab for a flash object, and it'll give you the url. 22:51:31 Okay, looks like I've downloaded it, but it's such a tiny file I'm skeptical. It won't play with VLC, so what player do I use? 22:53:01 Firefox? :D 22:53:10 Is it a flv or swf? 22:53:36 If it's and flv, it should work perfectly in VLC. If it's a swf, open it in firefox and the flash plugin should take over and play it. 22:53:42 *an flv 22:56:16 It's a swf. Openned in Firefox but there's an error. Went back to original file url and it's an error too. I'll have to figure out how that happened. 22:56:42 What about my earlier question: Penndriveapps.com has something called iWisoft which they say will do this, but I'm wondering if I can install a portable app that didn't come from Portableapps.com 22:58:26 You can use any portable software with the PA.c Platform. Keep in mind that many apps on pendriveapps.com aren't fully portable, though. They just link to apps that are portable elsewhere 23:02:31 Thanks. Back to my swf file. It's hosted on www.infoquick.com which must have some way to prevent people from downloading the file (even though it's freely available on the webpage). 23:04:54 Another question pls. 23:05:52 When I open portable software and I get a msg that an upgrade is available, can I simply install it, or do I have to go through PortableApps to get their latest version? 23:22:14 *** JohnTHaller has parted #portableapps (None) 23:25:20 Anyone? 23:31:52 *** kiwikay has quit (Quit: Page closed) 23:48:36 *** ZachThibeau_ has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) 23:49:30 *** kai_62656 (~kai_62656@unaffiliated/kai-62656/x-7765177) has joined #portableapps 23:50:25 *** kai_62656 is now known as BDC-kracker 23:53:51 *** ZachThibeau (~ZachThibe@unaffiliated/zachthibeau) has joined #portableapps 23:53:55 ZachThibeau is the main developer of PChat and is a developer with PortableApps.com