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 and Techsmith) can be found here.

23 August 2011


Synchronize and back up your data without installation.
Download Portable SuperFlexibleSynchronizer 5.x En-De Online from MegaUpload (0.3 MB)
Download Portable SuperFlexibleSynchronizer 4.97 En-Fr-De-Es from MegaUpload (9.9 MB)
(md5: 1daf1a0d9efa633a9d3dd2295ab8e7ea)

Extract and run SuperFlexibleSynchronizerPortable.
Letter of portable drive updated in settings.
Settings of installed SuperFlexibleSynchronizer should be preserved.


Create icons for Windows, MacOS, Unix without installation.
Download Portable IconWorkshop from MegaUpload (6.5 MB)
(md5: a1fb94289636736222772bc664425675)

Extract and run IconWorkshopPortable.
Settings of installed IconWorkshop should be preserved.


Free internet calls without installation.
Download Portable Skype 5 Online from MegaUpload (0.2 MB)
On first screen enter: 5.5.0.114
Download Portable Skype 4 from MegaUpload (13.0 MB)
(md5: 4f28a6561abbae0add6ea0cfd166aa69)
Download Portable Skype 3 from RapidShare (12.2 MB)
(md5: e79812518a03fdb0d291185cf22909f7)
Clownfish Portable 2.00 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)
Included Monkey's Audio Decoder 2.1.5.

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


Rapid Environment for Audio Production, Engineering, and Recording without installation.
Download Portable Reaper from MegaUpload (9.1 MB)
(md5: a841eb12672f30dd1da17bba4cccfcbd)

Extract and run ReaperPortable.
Settings of installed Reaper should be preserved.


Fast and free Web browser without installation.
Download Portable Opera Pre-Alpha Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Opera RC 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 %


Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing without installation.
Download Portable SeaMonkey Multilingual Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)

Flash Plugin

Can use Java Runtime Environment Portable

Multilingual Online will download setup in selected language (Belarusian, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, German, English, SpanishInternational, Spanish, French, Galician, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Turkish) and extract files.
Settings of installed SeaMonkey 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:
15.0.854.0 for Chrome Dev
14.0.835.94 for Chrome Beta
13.0.782.215 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 13.0.800.0 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 %

21 August 2011


Optimize the performance of your computer without installation.
Portable TuneUp Utilities 2012 Beta En-De-Fr-Es-Ru-It-Nl-Br from MegaUpload (32.3 MB)
(md5: 0bba716742553a198cd41118dfb825aa)
Portable TuneUp Utilities 2011 En-De-Fr-Es-Ru-It-Nl-Br from MegaUpload (27.5 MB)
(md5: c198b82c34f996e04b323acb43bd96e5)
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.


Free chat client without installation.
Included GTK 2.14.7.0
Download Portable Pidgin from MegaUpload (13.2 MB)
(md5: c3801fa2c978764adc982b899d5c720f)

Extract and run PidginPortable.
Can be anonymized by Tor Portable.
Settings of installed Pidgin should be preserved.