Portable apps are displayed inconsistently between the Apps and Uninstaller tabs

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On the Apps tab of Home Updater v5.0.3, portable apps are listed with the word "Portable" in bold yellow appended to the name if necessary. This clearly distinguishes portable apps from non-portable apps. (Note: "Portable" is only explicitly part of the raw name of a supported portable app if there is supported non-portable version of app in the library.)

However, on the Uninstaller tab, portable apps are identified by their raw name only. Since most supported portable apps do not explicitly include "Portable" in their name, the distinction between portable and non-portable installations is more difficult to determine, particularly in the case where a user has installed the non-portable version of an app not in the library and a supported portable version of the same app. Even where the word "Portable" is included in portable app's name, it is not highlighted in yellow to better distinguish it.

This inconsistency in appearance of portable apps names between two highly related tabs raises the likelihood of confusion about what type of installation of the app is being uninstalled. Having to correct a situation where a wrong app installation has been deleted can be difficult, particularly if the error goes unnoticed initially. Each app in My Apps, whether it is a supported portable or supported non-portable app, appears in the Uninstaller tab. One would expect them to be listed in a similar manner in both tabs, particularly since a user can uninstall an app from either tab and because installing or uninstalling an app on the Apps tab or uninstalling an app on the Uninstaller tab has an effect on the other tab.

The recommended solution is to correct the display of portable apps in the Display Name column of the Uninstaller tab to match the Display Name column of the Apps tab. (Note: Since this issue can easily lead to errors and confusion, it needs to be fixed. Therefore, I consider this issue to be a bug, not an enhancement.)