Portable Apps not syncing to Live Mesh

The PortableApps folder does not get synchronized with Live Mesh because it is marked as a System file. Live mesh does not synchronize system or hidden files.


To remove the System attribute from the Portable App's folders:

1. Start > Run
2. Type cmd and press OK.
3. Navigate to your portable apps directory (i.e. the folder that contains both Documents and PortableApps) (e.g. CD d:)
4. Type the following commands to remove the system attribute:
   1. attrib -S Documents
   2. attrib -S PortableApps
   3. attrib -S Documents\Music
   4. attrib -S Documents\Pictures
   5. attrib -S Documents\Videos
5. You are done. The folders should now sync automatically within the next few minutes.

Note: This will get rid of the folder icons that the folders used to have, however, I think it's a small price to pay for having the folders sync to Live Mesh.

For more information about the attrib command, type attrib /? into the command prompt.