Updating portable apps

Concerned User · 31. Jan 2015, 05:47 AM

Late to the party, but here goes

....

Downloaded the portable apps.com platform and installed a few portable apps and am liking it so far. It's great that they even have a decent built in updater. However, there are a few apps (like foobar2000, ccleaner) which have their own portable versions and are not available in this site.

I don't think that the built in portable apps updater would work for these apps. Every time an update comes up, I could go to the site and download the zip file and then replace the files. But that would be doing it the hard way.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated....

Burn-IT · 31. Jan 2015, 02:36 PM

Learn to live with the hard way??
Any tool to do it automatically would require the applications to be installed or at least registered - rather defeating the object.

Concerned User · 31. Jan 2015, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Burn-IT

Learn to live with the hard way??
Any tool to do it automatically would require the applications to be installed or at least registered - rather defeating the object.

Swell thanks

. Guess I'll make a list of those apps which can't be updated and manually check every week or something....

Sope · 31. Jan 2015, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Concerned User

manually check every week or something....

I find Freeware Updates RSS Feed very useful for getting daily news of updates covering a large number of freeware programs.

Anupam · 31. Jan 2015, 04:56 PM

I too use the RSS feeds from various download sites, like MajorGeeks, FreewareFiles, Kaldata, to check for various software updates.

I use an online RSS feed service, TheOldReader, to check for these feeds daily. InoReader is also another good online RSS service.

Sope · 31. Jan 2015, 05:07 PM

Wow Anupam, you've really got your finger on the pulse! No wonder you're usually first to report any updates.

Anupam · 31. Jan 2015, 05:24 PM

Hehe, yea, that's my secret

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garth · 31. Jan 2015, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Sope

Wow Anupam, you've really got your finger on the pulse!

I'm surprised that surprises you Sope

Sope · 31. Jan 2015, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by garth

I'm surprised that surprises you Sope

I thought The Supermoderator's secret powers were due to all that bright sunlight he gets

Concerned User · 31. Jan 2015, 07:44 PM

Thanks for all the suggestions folks

. The RSS feeds are great.

31. Jan 2015, 05:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
Concerned User Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: இந்தியா, सिन्धु, India Posts: 486	Updating portable apps Late to the party, but here goes.... Downloaded the portable apps.com platform and installed a few portable apps and am liking it so far. It's great that they even have a decent built in updater. However, there are a few apps (like foobar2000, ccleaner) which have their own portable versions and are not available in this site. I don't think that the built in portable apps updater would work for these apps. Every time an update comes up, I could go to the site and download the zip file and then replace the files. But that would be doing it the hard way. Any suggestions would be much appreciated....

31. Jan 2015, 04:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
Anupam Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 15,262	I too use the RSS feeds from various download sites, like MajorGeeks, FreewareFiles, Kaldata, to check for various software updates. I use an online RSS feed service, TheOldReader, to check for these feeds daily. InoReader is also another good online RSS service. __________________ Anupam

31. Jan 2015, 05:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
Anupam Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: India Posts: 15,262	Hehe, yea, that's my secret . __________________ Anupam

31. Jan 2015, 07:44 PM	#10 (permalink)
Concerned User Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: இந்தியா, सिन्धु, India Posts: 486	Thanks for all the suggestions folks. The RSS feeds are great.

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31. Jan 2015, 02:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
Burn-IT Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 547	Learn to live with the hard way?? Any tool to do it automatically would require the applications to be installed or at least registered - rather defeating the object.

31. Jan 2015, 05:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
Sope Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Wales, UK Posts: 1,174	Wow Anupam, you've really got your finger on the pulse! No wonder you're usually first to report any updates.