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> <channel><title>gHacks Technology News &#124; Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials &#187; portable applications</title> <atom:link href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/portable-applications/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.ghacks.net</link> <description>A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas.</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:54:04 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com"/><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://superfeedr.com/hubbub"/> <item><title>Use PStart to access your portable devices</title><link>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/15/use-pstart-to-access-your-portable-devices/</link> <comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/15/use-pstart-to-access-your-portable-devices/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:05:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Martin Brinkmann</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[portable applications]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pstart]]></category> <category><![CDATA[removable devices]]></category> <category><![CDATA[usb]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/15/use-pstart-to-access-your-portable-devices/</guid> <description><![CDATA[PStart is a nice handy application that makes it easy to start applications or open folders on your portable devices. One of the main disadvantages of Windows is that it uses absolute paths in its shortcuts which becomes a big problem if a drive letter changes. A click on the shortcut to the portable version of Firefox would return a not found error message if the driver letter of the USB device changed after the creation of the shortcut.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PStart is a nice handy application that makes it easy to start applications or open folders on your portable devices. One of the main disadvantages of Windows is that it uses absolute paths in its shortcuts which becomes a big problem if a drive letter changes. A click on the shortcut to the portable version of Firefox would return a not found error message if the driver letter of the USB device changed after the creation of the shortcut.</p><p>The free software <a
href="http://www.pegtop.net/start/" target="_blank">PStart</a> is using relative paths instead of absolute ones which means that it can execute any applications on the device even if the driver letter changes. You can basically create a start menu for your portable applications using PStart that lists applications, sorted in groups like Internet, Games if you like, folders and other files such as documents.</p><p><span
id="more-1667"></span>All of this elements can be added by either creating a menu manually or scanning an folder or device for applications. Other features such as a search function and the ability to take notes are also included in the release.  It should be noted that you can add all files, applications and folders to the menu which is an excellent way to handle CDs and DVDs as well.</p><p>I personally think that PStart is a useful application if you work regularly with removable devices. It does not make that much sense if you use them only occasionally.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.ghacks.net/2007/06/15/use-pstart-to-access-your-portable-devices/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>List of portable applications</title><link>http://www.ghacks.net/2006/03/21/list-of-portable-applications/</link> <comments>http://www.ghacks.net/2006/03/21/list-of-portable-applications/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:40:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Martin Brinkmann</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category> <category><![CDATA[portable applications]]></category> <category><![CDATA[portable apps]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.ghacks.net/?p=361</guid> <description><![CDATA[I know I have some freaks among my readers that like to use an usb stick to have some of their beloved applications at hand or start them from their for security reason. <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_portable_applications" target="_Blank">Wikipedia.org </a>has a nice list of portable applications that can be run from a portable device. Every application is sorted into one of nine categories like Networking and Internet, Password management and Document editing . ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know I have some freaks among my readers that like to use an usb stick to have some of their beloved applications at hand or start them from their for security reason. <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_portable_applications" target="_Blank">Wikipedia.org </a>has a nice list of portable applications that can be run from a portable device. Every application is sorted into one of nine categories like Networking and Internet, Password management and Document editing .</p><p>Take a look, everything is linked to its own wikipedia site and / or the developers website.</p><p><span
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