PortableApps.com - Beta Testing

Need Windows XP users to test new eject utility (Update 2017-12-04)

John T. Haller — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 18:07:12 +0000

The PortableApps.com Platform uses the USB Disk Ejector utility internally to handle safe ejects of USB drives. It's a solid open source utility with years of work behind it. Unfortunately, version 1.3.x of the utility, while fixing some issues, has caused issues for some of our Windows XP users in the past. Most recently, we tried upgrading it in the Platform 14.0 release but had to revert back the old 1.1.2 disk ejector in Platform 14.1.

In preparation for the next platform release, I'd like to see if the new 1.3.0.6 version of the USB disk ejector utility is working for the Windows XP users that were affected by the drive issues previously. If you'd like to help out, please do the following:

1. Browse to the PortableApps\PortableApps.com\App\Bin directory and rename eject.exe to eject_original.exe
2. Visit the USB Disk Ejector website and click the download button at the bottom of the page (you may need to dismiss the cookie notice to see it) and then click download again on the next page.
3. Open USBDiskEjector1.3.0.6.zip and extract the USB_Disk_Eject.exe file
4. Place USB_Disk_Eject.exe in your PortableApps\PortableApps.com\App\Bin directory and rename it to eject.exe
5. Now try running the platform's eject feature on your Windows XP machine

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide with this.

UPDATE 2017-06-08: Publisher released 1.3.0.5, updated topic and added new comment calling for new testing
UPDATE 2017-12-04: Publisher released 1.3.0.6, updated topic and added new comment calling for new testing

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Beta Testing Forum Guidelines, Dev Test Post Template, Regshot How-To

John T. Haller — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:31:10 +0000

The Beta Testing Forum is used to provide test versions of applications that aren't yet ready for wide use, but could use the input of willing participants to test them out to hammer out any bugs, as well as offer comments and criticisms of the application so the developers can make changes before widespread public release.

Any developers may post beta testing notices here whether their apps are hosted by PortableApps.com or not. But these should be legitimate beta tests only, not an attempt to drive traffic to your own site.

All posts should, of course, follow all the rules in the Forum Guidelines.

When posting development tests, please follow the Development Test Forum Template.

When doing a regshot, please follow the Regshot use and posting guidelines.

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Anti-Virus-Waring with IrfanView 4.73

red_rooster — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:17:53 +0000

Hello,

I am experiencing Anti-Virus-Warings with the latest 4.73 Version of IrfanView. that prevent me to install the .paf-File.

The virus indicated is Drop.Win32.APC.TR/CryptXpack.GEN 110 could you please check. As I got rid of the 32bit Version it was fine and the slovencinian Language.DLL

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GeoGebra Portable

xmha97 — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:52:05 +0000

Application: GeoGebra
Category: Office
Description: Multi-purpose calculator
Project: GitHub

Download GeoGebraPortable 6.0.909.9
Download 1.20MB / Install 324MB
SHA256: 313e9cd9a232b2741423bde5ba80cfc6ce1d396c5056dde853f3a9080ea2d666

Changelog:
2025-12-29: 6.0.909.9 update

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NightPDF Portable

xmha97 — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:30:05 +0000

Application: NightPDF
Category: Office
Description: Dark mode PDF reader
Project: GitHub

Download NightPdfPortable 3.0.0
Download 1.16MB / Install 281MB / Install 568MB
SHA256: 2affa01bbc4c3f4e769ede28b2ba56c60d2a9028d63de589d530f76b46854793

Changelog:
2025-12-29: 3.0.0 update

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PChat Portable 2.0.0 Alpha 2 Development Test 2

Zach Thibeau — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 02:24:33 +0000

Application: PChat
Category: Internet
Description: PChat is an IRC client with an easy to use and customizable interface, scriptability, multiple language support, multiple network, auto-connect, join, identity, proxy support, SASL, DCC, and more.

Download PChat Portable 2.0.0 Alpha 2 Development Test 2 [146MB download / 544MB installed]
(sha256: fa443ba9990602e2f33c35bc7405a324b15ad65143bc0a6a81a243c0d92a796b)

Release Notes:

Development Test 2 (2026-01-18)
Added

Portable Mode Dependency Bundling: Windows portable builds now automatically copy all required DLLs for pchat.exe and plugins during install

Built-in Update Checker: Optional update checking feature for Windows/macOS (disabled in portable mode, can be disabled at build time)

Clickable URLs: URLs in chat are now clickable

System Tray Support: Cross-platform tray menu functionality restored

AppStream Metadata: Added appstream metadata example for Linux packaging

Session Lookup Hash Tables: O(1) channel/dialog lookups using hash tables with linear fallback

Changed

`find_channel()` and `find_dialog()` now use hash table lookups (O(1) instead of O(n))

`ignore_check()` optimized from two-pass to single-pass algorithm

`ignore_showlist()` uses tracked pointer and memcpy instead of multiple strcat calls

Partial buffer clearing implemented in textview-chat.c

Memory Management Standardization: Converted malloc/free to GLib functions (g_malloc/g_free) across 40+ files

String Safety: Replaced unsafe strcpy/sprintf with g_strlcpy/g_snprintf throughout codebase

POT File Rebuild: Translation template now rebuilds when translations change

Fixed

macOS: Fixed Objective-C notification code compilation

macOS: Fixed code signing in CMake build

macOS: Disabled tray icon (not working in app bundle)

Windows/GCC: Fixed audioplayer plugin compilation on MinGW-w64 GCC

Compiler Warnings: Fixed GTK3 enum usage, pointer-to-bool conversions, bitfield signedness

Memory Leaks: Fixed pango font description leak, proper hash table cleanup in server_free()

About Dialog: Fixed URL in about menu

Removed

Autotools Files: Removed old autotools/meson build files (PChat uses CMake exclusively)

Development Test 1 (2025-12-24):
Major Changes

Complete GTK3 Migration: Fully migrated from legacy GTK2 to modern GTK3 APIs

New Text Widget: Replaced custom xtext widget with GTKTextView for better maintainability and future GTK4 compatibility

Modern Build System: Added comprehensive CMake build system

Code Modernization: Merged latest HexChat common code and modernized codebase

Audio Player Plugin: Full-featured audio player with FFmpeg/FAudio support (also sports it's own gui as well as command options)

Notification Plugin: Cross-platform desktop notification support

Not so prevalent for windows: macOS Native Integration: gtk-mac-integration support for native menu bar

Memory Management: Standardized to use GLib memory functions (g_malloc, g_free, etc.)

Buffer overflow prevention through bounds-checked string operations and Shell escape sequence handling for file paths

I've included all the plugins for this release, as I want to test what I currently have, what isn't included is the perl, python, and lua ones currently. I still need to work on those. Overall I chose to do an alpha test since this is a huge major upgrade from PChat 1.5.4 that I release many moons ago so I'm expecting a lot of issues that I need eyes on.

Once this hits beta, I'll will move the plugins to their own installers which should reduce the size of the overall package.

I appreciate the help!

For a preview of what the app currently looks like

https://thatzachbacon.com/screenshots/Screenshot.png

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ImageGlass Portable

xmha97 — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 04:10:30 +0000

Application: ImageGlass
Category: Graphics & Pictures
Description: Image viewer
Project: GitHub

Download:

[2025-01-02] v9.4.1 (1.35 MB → 260 MB / 534 MB)
sha256: ab43c0496052026c4edba77a70d83ea7796cbbc0347122a77a3d1a28260a0db5
[2025-12-13] v9.4.0 (1.35 MB → 261 MB / 536 MB)
sha256: 44419c3ed27a401404b3a9751b4ea921802236060d1624b51fd1ef2af712e370
[2025-12-13] v9.4.0 (bundled with WebView2) (1.35 MB → 261 MB)
sha256: 44419c3ed27a401404b3a9751b4ea921802236060d1624b51fd1ef2af712e370

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mtPortable

xmha97 — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:29:41 +0000

Application: mtPortable (for mp3tag)
Category: Music & Video
Description: Audio file metadata editor
Project: GitHub

Download mtPortable 3.32
Download 15MB / Install 27MB
SHA256: 05c3776bff4b0ab34c869388fdeea22a847d6d43048590b7d3c01e9c9dffbe62

Download mtPortable 3.05 (Windows XP)
Download 10MB / Install ??MB
SHA256: f8c2f42e60ba8f1b982ccba8a5c36e945d4256831bcdd1a1a965351b6c1c6740

Changelog:
2025-11-14: 3.32 update

Mp3tag is a trademark of Mp3tag and PortableApps.com is not affiliated, sponsored, authorised or otherwise associated by/with the Mp3tag group of companies

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FileBot Portable

xmha97 — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 20:52:23 +0000

Application: FileBot
Category: Utilities
Description: Ultimate TV and movie renamer
Project: GitHub

Download:

• [2025-09-01] v5.2.0 (1.22 MB → 206 MB)
sha256: 06c81ea9a8d6b12ef72afa0eaef39a089d84e32b94d718682c4a185d9b86db0f

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Discord Portable

xmha97 — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:15:28 +0000

Application: Discord
Category: Internet
Description: Instant messaging and VoIP social platform
Project: GitHub

Download:

[2025-12-17] v1.0.9219 (1.18 MB → 400 MB)
sha256: 231f34fee2668acd68c85a5d80a0e79570b3a245baf539c0619365222c705672
[2025-11-12] v1.0.9218 (1.18 MB → 400 MB)
sha256: 60be91c9313e65155ce039c2ceed7bec3ac5f0a391f226c5d516bddf954af82e

Discord is a trade mark of Discord and PortableApps.com is not affiliated, sponsored, authorised or otherwise associated by/with the Discord group of companies.

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qBittorrent Portable (bundled with Python)

xmha97 — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:15:34 +0000

Application: qBittorrent
Category: Internet
Description: BitTorrent P2P client
Project: GitHub

Download:

• [2025-11-19] v5.1.4 (Python 3.14) (27.6 MB → 69.1 MB)
sha256: 7c65f6989a862cbf66783c4f7f9834b750bf0aa887cd529a742713af1807382f

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Eitaa Desktop Portable

xmha97 — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 23:56:23 +0000

Application: Eitaa Desktop
Category: Internet
Description: Instant messaging client
Project: GitHub

Download:

• [2025-12-01] v5.1.4 (529 KB → 141 MB)
sha256: bfe3f318fe0f94337e8488b855b3f76131bfeeb76b4a3159766c598378b19c7a

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Radio Javan Portable

xmha97 — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 23:17:00 +0000

Application: Radio Javan
Category: Music & Video
Description: Stream Persian music and podcasts
Project: GitHub

Download:

• [2025-12-01] v5.0.0 (1.25 MB → 269 MB)
sha256: 96a48a154c0d8942d5b3c538c7c2958a8587f1e56b7edb2d79f34ec281cd8265

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mRemoteNG Portable

alyonamoskalets — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 22:13:41 +0000

Application: mRemoteNG
Category: Internet
Description: Multi-Protocol Remote Connection Tool

Download mRemoteNG Portable 1.76.20.24615.b3_Putty0.83 Development Test 2
[31.4MB download / 85.9MB installed]
(MD5: 3798cff556e915e451565da9410d6633)

Download mRemoteNG Portable 1.76.20.24615 Development Test 1
[31.3MB download / 85.9MB installed]
(MD5: bed753f2acae41a9adc05185695d0b94)

Release Notes:

Development Test 2 (2025-12-12): Putty upgraded from v0.71.0.1 to v0.83.
Development Test 1 (2025-12-09): Initial release.

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File Browser Portable

xmha97 — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:00:48 +0000

Application: File Browser
Category: Utilities
Description: Web file browser
Project: GitHub

Download:

• [2025-11-30] v2.50.0 (1.2 MB → 44.0 MB)
sha256: fec89ecd8a684acc56aa4b9e06fe9462b7ceeb5ef2e219b269cb5a12ab00fe13

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