@FreakyFwoof Ah, I see, you are syncing multiple groups of Portable apps? It won’t do that.
Never occurred to me to install it more than once - as the apps don’t run in the background (being portable) I have mine installed all together in one instance. Then the app keeps them all up to date for me.
What does having multiple instances get you (apart from your own organisation)?
@davidbcohen Well, sometimes I leave the house with one external drive, sometimes with another, other copies I keep on-device but only a handful of them. It's just about options and choices. PortableApps itself is what we're talking about, and that is what I want to keep up to date.
IE: If I update LibreOffice, Zoom, Chrome and Firefox on drive e, then I have to run the updater for F and go through the exact same steps. My script sees what's new, what's old and syncs the differences from a list of configured paths. It's really useful.
It's also that I have different drives for different purposes. If I'm going to fix a client's PC I don't want my personal drive connected to it, rather my disposable option. things like that.
@FreakyFwoof A use case for PortableApps I had not considered. Interesting - thanks!