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.

28 May 2011


Fast and free Web browser without installation.
Download Portable Opera Beta 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 %


High-level system of e-communication messages without installation.
Download Portable TheBat Beta Online from MegaUpload (0.1 MB)
On first screen enter: 50129 (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.

27 May 2011


Optimize the performance of your computer without installation.
Portable TuneUp Utilities 2011 En-De-Fr-Es-Ru-It-Nl-Br 32-64 bit from MegaUpload (27.2 MB)
(md5: e6d8b77b3f4c8dc697610814bc5867b5)
Edit TuneUpPortable.ini to change Language (en-US or de-DE or fr-FR or es-ES or ru-RU or it-IT or nl-NL or pt-BR)

Portable TuneUp Utilities 2010 Multilingual from MegaUpload (34.2 MB)
(md5: a79600cf903c89d92b420dedb5c84620)
English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, PortugueseBR, Polish, Russian, Spanish

Portable TuneUp Utilities 8.0.3300 English from RapidShare (14.2 MB)
(md5: 78a9f06052cff1bfef7e88f55bb8892f)
Portable TuneUp Utilities 8.0.3300 German from RapidShare (14.1 MB)
(md5: 97dd03a74cf8eab4313d50ba4ac57709)
Portable TuneUp Utilities 8.0.3300 French from RapidShare (14,3 Mo)
(md5: 0947412482c0350c98a2ce8f968b5064)
Portable TuneUp Utilities 8.0.3300 Spanish from RapidShare (14.2 MB)
(md5: 940f02e6b8924be874460b108482943b)
Portable TuneUp Utilities 8.0.3300 Italian from RapidShare (14.1 MB)
(md5: 0eaa7d139e4ae3150da1b291c318e3b2)
Portable TuneUp Utilities 8.0.3300 Dutch from RapidShare (14.2 MB)
(md5: 1dfdffd7d932a6a6e364d7e83100e932)
Portable TuneUp Utilities 8.0.3300 Polish from RapidShare (14.2 MB)
(md5: df0cf1fece94c03557e56ebe393204ea)

Extract and run TuneUpPortable or OneClickPortable.
Settings of installed TuneUp 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.


Free internet calls without installation.
Download Portable Skype 5 Online from MegaUpload (0.2 MB)
On first screen enter: 5.3.0.116
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.

26 May 2011


Full-Featured Browser without installation.
Download Portable Maxthon MultiVersion Online from MegaUpload (0.6 MB)

In first screen of Maxthon MultiVersion Online, enter:3.1.1.600-beta or 3.0.24.1000
Maxthon Online will download setup and extract files.
Beta is only in english and simplified chinese but multilingual if update.

Extract and run MaxthonPortable.
Settings of installed Maxthon should be preserved.

Can use Java Runtime Environment Portable


Small and fast PDF Reader without installation.
Download Portable FoxitReader 5 from MegaUpload (6.6 MB)
(md5: 70842f35f7b3ed69ca41aa5edd437050)
Download Portable FoxitReader 4 from MegaUpload (8.6 MB)
(md5: 118d4df11068c2ac46292d7f6d328918)
Download Portable FoxitReader 3 from RapidShare (8.0 MB)
(md5: bac9e768d0b59350845a861217efeb34)

Extract and run FoxitReaderPortable.
Settings of installed FoxitReader should be preserved.


Screen Capture without installation.
Download Portable FSCapture from MegaUpload (1.9 MB)
Téléchargez FSCapture Portable sur MegaUpload (1.9 Mo)

Extract and run FSCapturePortable.
Settings of installed FSCapture should be preserved.

25 May 2011


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.