portable programs dont work in windows 7

[ranjan2001]

While its great (build 7100 x64) but till now "most" portable programs work but some don't work in windows 7, they work fine on Vista though.

Any clue how to make them work or whats stopping them from working?

 

[segobi]

which apps did you use ?
Which compatibility shims were used ?

 

[Charles Kane]

7100 x32 : I'm running a bunch of portable apps of my USB right now. All mine are packed in Portable apps - but that is really irrelevant.
No issues with those programs whatsoever. My particular apps are troubleshooting focused and all but an experimental photoshop seem to work.

 

[ptricks]

All of my portable apps from portable apps installer work fine. The ones that do not work are the ones that were done with VM thinapp.

ThinApp does not yet support the Windows 7 Release Candidate.

 

[ranjan2001]

I tried IDM & photoshop CS4
Both start & then crash & report unknown error.

 

[Charles Kane]

I tried IDM & photoshop CS4
Both start & then crash & report error.

I'm getting a missing .dll when trying to launch portable PS CS4 - comdlg32.dll which is pretty stoopid coz its sitting in system32 like it's meant to.

 

[neowlchaz]

I'm running quite a few portable apps in Windows 7 (7260 build from the vhd), Photoshop CS4 runs fine for me. Though other apps require me to run them as administrator in order for them to work (ConvertXtoDVD is the main one, I love that program). Photoshop runs both normally, and as administrator absolutely fine, I have it pinned to the taskbar as well, and that works just as well.

 

[Orbital Shark]

Random thought

Do they work if run in 'Compat' mode for Vista?

 

[Windooza]

Yes, Photoshop CS4 Extended Portable, just download it and it won,t work otherwise i put compatibilty on Windows XP SP3..

 

[cmiuc]

portable: Office 2010 preview

This won't work on Office 2010..even if u back compat to xpsp3 or vista, vista 1/2...

if anyone has any work around... it would be awesome... I want to try 2010, but don't want to migrate it to 2007 or remove 2007...

if it gets down n dirty, can always do a vHD, but that is so time consuming for that...

TQ...

 

[tnanoha]

hi everyone, i just installed Window 7 Professional 32 bit on my laptop. I tried to use Adobe Flash CS4 Portable by Atalay but when i launch the program it gave me a error. Does anyone know a solution for this.

 

[ptricks]

The problem is the program thinapp that people are using to make portable applications. VMware has said they are working on a fix but no idea when it will be out

Until then , portable apps that do work are made like this:
How to make Portable with NSIS

 

[ehsank4ta23ta0]

hey everyone!
i tired to use Sudoku! Deluxe by Portable Download on my windows 7 starter. it starts successfully and it has no problem but when i use the keyboard to type the numbers the app crashes

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Sudoku! Deluxe_original.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.16
Application Timestamp: 00000000
Fault Module Name: StackHash_1e37
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0169f8c3
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.11
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 1e37
Additional Information 2: 1e373e69fff075aed81f57003e66ce10
Additional Information 3: 9f0e
Additional Information 4: 9f0e095f32a88249d7a2b7eca4e322ea

Read our privacy statement online:
Windows 7 Privacy Statement - Microsoft Windows

If the online privacy statement is not available, please read our privacy statement offline:
C:\windows\system32\en-US\erofflps.txt


when i chose online help the app exits but nothing happens. does anynoe know what the problem is?

 

[Dzomlija]

hey everyone!
i tired to use Sudoku! Deluxe by Portable Download on my windows 7 starter. it starts successfully and it has no problem but when i use the keyboard to type the numbers the app crashes

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Sudoku! Deluxe_original.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.16
Application Timestamp: 00000000
Fault Module Name: StackHash_1e37
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0169f8c3
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.11
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 1e37
Additional Information 2: 1e373e69fff075aed81f57003e66ce10
Additional Information 3: 9f0e
Additional Information 4: 9f0e095f32a88249d7a2b7eca4e322ea

Read our privacy statement online:
Windows 7 Privacy Statement - Microsoft Windows

If the online privacy statement is not available, please read our privacy statement offline:
C:\windows\system32\en-US\erofflps.txt


when i chose online help the app exits but nothing happens. does anynoe know what the problem is?

I went to have a look at the site from which you downloaded the game, and was not able to locate it, so I've not been able to test it.

I must point out, however, that "Sudoku! Deluxe" is supposed to be a paid-for game, which leads me to believe that "Portable Download" is not exactly on the straight an narrow. Unless the download you have IS infact a trial version?

But as for the crashing problem, it's possible that the game isn't properly compatible with Windows 7. Try this:

1. Right-click the shortcut or exe for the program
2. Click the "Compatibility" tab
3. Click "run this program in compatibility mode for:" to add a check mark to it
4. Select "Windows XP" from the list
5. Click OK

Does the program still crash?

 

[ehsank4ta23ta0]

hey everyone!
i tired to use Sudoku! Deluxe by Portable Download on my windows 7 starter. it starts successfully and it has no problem but when i use the keyboard to type the numbers the app crashes

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Sudoku! Deluxe_original.exe
Application Version: 1.0.0.16
Application Timestamp: 00000000
Fault Module Name: StackHash_1e37
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0169f8c3
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.11
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 1e37
Additional Information 2: 1e373e69fff075aed81f57003e66ce10
Additional Information 3: 9f0e
Additional Information 4: 9f0e095f32a88249d7a2b7eca4e322ea

Read our privacy statement online:
Windows 7 Privacy Statement - Microsoft Windows

If the online privacy statement is not available, please read our privacy statement offline:
C:\windows\system32\en-US\erofflps.txt


when i chose online help the app exits but nothing happens. does anynoe know what the problem is?

I went to have a look at the site from which you downloaded the game, and was not able to locate it, so I've not been able to test it.

I must point out, however, that "Sudoku! Deluxe" is supposed to be a paid-for game, which leads me to believe that "Portable Download" is not exactly on the straight an narrow. Unless the download you have IS infact a trial version?

But as for the crashing problem, it's possible that the game isn't properly compatible with Windows 7. Try this:

1. Right-click the shortcut or exe for the program
2. Click the "Compatibility" tab
3. Click "run this program in compatibility mode for:" to add a check mark to it
4. Select "Windows XP" from the list
5. Click OK

Does the program still crash?

no the problem still exits. i forgot to mention that it worked on windows 7 ultimate but i don't know why it's not working on my windows!

 

[ljpoty]

right click the exe (e.g. photoshop.exe) and then properties, at the compatibility tab choose windows vista service pack 2. then apply and try to run your portable apps.