A portable application can be run from a removable drive (USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive, etc) on any Windows computer without installation.
You will carry the program with settings on removable drive and don't modify settings on host computer.
Below portable apps are in a simplified PortableApps standard.
Tested on Windows XP Pro SP3 and Windows 7 Integrale since 22 october 2009.
On Vista and 7 turn off User Account Control (UAC) or run launcher as admin.

More portable apps (reported to Blogger by Adobe, IDM, Malwarebytes and Techsmith) can be found here.

25 May 2011


Fast and free Web browser without installation.
Download Portable Opera Alpha Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Opera Final Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)

Flash Plugin

Can use Java Runtime Environment Portable

Extract and run OperaPortable.
Edit OperaPortable.ini to choose Open & Save Dir, not empty cache, not backup icons & thumbnails...
Settings of installed Opera should be preserved.

Results in Acid3 Test: 100 %


Manage your digital photos without installation.
Download Portable ImageResizer Online from MegaUpload (0.3 MB)

Extract and run ImageResizerPortable.
You can add switches (App\ImageResizer\switches.txt) with AdditionalParameters in ImageResizerPortable.ini.
Settings of installed ImageResizer should be preserved.


Tap into the power of cascading style sheets (CSS) and (X)HTML without installation.
Download Portable TopStyle from MegaUpload (5.4 MB)
(md5: fa03c1ff901c7c5acf77a6bd2836dbf3)

Extract and run TopStylePortable.
Settings of installed TopStyle should be preserved.


Google Internet browser without installation.
Download Portable Google Chrome MultiVersion Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)

In first screen of Chrome MultiVersion Online, enter ver number:
13.0.772.0 for Chrome Dev
12.0.742.60 for Chrome Beta
11.0.696.71 for Chrome Stable
Chrome Online will download setup and extract files.


Chromium is the open-source project behind Google Chrome.
Download Portable Chromium Latest Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)

Chromium Latest Online will download latest build (you can run also as updater to check if you have latest) and extract files.


SRWare Iron is based on the Chromium-source and offers the same features as Chrome but without the critical points that the privacy concern.
Download Portable SRWare Iron 11.0.700.2 Online from MegaUpload (0.2 MB)

Iron Online will download setup and extract files.

Flash Plugin (not needed for Chrome)

Can use Java Runtime Environment Portable

Extract and run ChromePortable or ChromiumPortable or IronPortable.
If you want to add parameters, start in incognito mode, not set cache in temp, not delete cache or allow multiple instances: edit *Portable.ini.
Example: AdditionalParameters=--app=http://portableappz.blogspot.com
Settings of installed Chrome, Chromium & Iron should be preserved.

Results in Acid3 Test :
Chrome, Chromium & Iron: 100 %

24 May 2011


Free internet calls without installation.
Download Portable Skype 5 from MegaUpload (14.6 MB)
(md5: e92db958b195b28c860a001a463c46c1)
Download Portable Skype 4 from MegaUpload (13.0 MB)
(md5: 4f28a6561abbae0add6ea0cfd166aa69)
Download Portable Skype 3 from RapidShare (12.2 MB)
(md5: e79812518a03fdb0d291185cf22909f7)
Clownfish Portable 1.75 extracted in SkypePortable folder.
Clownfish is an online translator for all your outgoing messages in Skype.

Extract and run SkypePortable.
Multi-Users: Edit SkypePortable.ini with User=NameOfNewUser (Default is Skype)
Don't forget to close in systray when leaving.
Settings of installed Skype should be preserved.


Advanced freeware audio player without installation.
Download Portable foobar2000 beta from MegaUpload (2.2 MB)
Download Portable foobar2000 from MegaUpload (2.2 MB)

Extract and run foobar2000Portable.
Settings of installed foobar2000 should be preserved.

23 May 2011


Screen captures from Windows screen, and text capture without installation.
Download Portable HyperSnap from MegaUpload (7.5 MB)
(md5: 54944db339212d75dc5ddc827eda19c9)

Extract and run HyperSnapPortable.
English, German, French, Hungarian, Polish, Russian (no russian help).
Settings of installed HyperSnap should be preserved.


High-level system of e-communication messages without installation.
Download Portable TheBat Beta Online from MegaUpload (0.1 MB)
On first screen enter: 50127 (English but multilingual if update)
Download Portable TheBat Online from MegaUpload (0.1 MB)
On first screen enter: 5-0-12

Extract and run TheBatPortable.
Settings of installed TheBat should be preserved.


Destroying malware, one byte at a time without installation.
Download Portable Malwarebytes Beta from MegaUpload (8.8 MB)
(md5: 9e52572a4c88a712bba3a18ea4704caa)
Download Portable Malwarebytes from MegaUpload (7.2 MB)
(md5: cf6be582dcaf2d84261e6b54d2cdad57)

Extract and run MalwarebytesPortable.
Language set by launcher according Windows localization: English, Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, SimpChinese, TradChinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, PortugueseBR, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian.
Settings of installed Malwarebytes should be preserved.


Translate in one click without installation.
Download Portable Babylon from MegaUpload (2.5 MB)

Extract and run BabylonPortable.
Don't forget to close Babylon before leaving Windows : right-click on icon, Exit.
Not Thinstalled, so you can translate a word with choosed click of the mouse.
Interface language set by launcher with localization of Windows (English, Arabic, SimpChinese, TradChinese, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish).
To set language yourself, write SystemLang=false in BabylonPortable.ini.

To add dictionaries:
Download Offline Dictionary (SFX Zip exe).
Extract .BGL file with 7-Zip, WinRAR or WinZip (right-click on exe).
Drag'n'drop .BGL file on BabylonPortable.exe (not running).