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.

01 September 2011


Free internet calls without installation.
Download Portable Skype 5 Online from MegaUpload (0.2 MB)
On first screen enter: 5.5.0.115
Download Portable Skype 4 from MegaUpload (13.0 MB)
(md5: 4f28a6561abbae0add6ea0cfd166aa69)
Download Portable Skype 3 from RapidShare (12.2 MB)
(md5: e79812518a03fdb0d291185cf22909f7)
Clownfish Portable 2.10 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.


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.


Utility to fix, speed up, maintain and protect your PC without installation.
Download Portable GlaryUtilities Online from MegaUpload (0.3 MB)

Extract and run GlaryUtilitiesPortable.
Language set by launcher according Windows localization: Albanian, Arabic, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, PortugueseBR, Russian, SimpChinese, Spanish, TradChinese, Turkish, Ukrainian.
If you don't want write SytemLang=false in GlaryUtilitiesPortable.ini.
Settings of installed GlaryUtilities should be preserved.

31 August 2011


Open Source personal productivity suite without installation.
Download Portable LibreOffice from MegaUpload (80.1 MB)
(md5: b46c0f721c8a241ea397ae21e2c056d6)

Extract and run LibreOffice*Portable.
Settings of installed LibreOffice should be preserved.

Can use Java Runtime Environment Portable 1.6.0_27 but not 1.7.0


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.


Fast and free Web browser without installation.
Download Portable Opera Pre-Alpha Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Opera Final Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB) (same as RC2)

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 %


Organize, secure and customize your mail without installation.
Download Portable Thunderbird 9.0a1 Multilingual Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Thunderbird 8.0a2 Multilingual Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Thunderbird 7.0b1 Multilingual Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Thunderbird 6.0.1 Multilingual Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Thunderbird 5.0 Multilingual Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Thunderbird 3.1.11 Multilingual Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 Multilingual Online from MediaFire (0.4 MB)
Final and Beta use same launcher and profile but Earlybird (8.0a2) and Shredder (9.0a1) have their own.

Extract and run ThunderbirdPortable.
Multilingual Online will download setup in selected language (Afrikaans, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, German, Greek, English, SpanishInternational, Spanish, Basque, Finnish, French, Irish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Dutch, NorwegianNynorsk, Polish, PortugueseBR, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Ukrainian, SimpChinese) and extract files.

Multi-Users: change Profile by editing ThunderbirdPortable.ini with User=NameOfNewUser
Associated to Firefox Portable if FirefoxPortable and ThunderbirdPortable folders are in the same folder. A link clicked in a mail will be opened in Firefox Portable.

Settings of installed Thunderbird should be preserved.


Web browser without installation.
Download Portable Firefox 9.0a1 32-64 en-US Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Firefox 8.0a2 Multilingual Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Firefox 7.0b3 Multilingual Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Firefox 6.0.1 Multilingual Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Firefox 5.0.1 Multilingual Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Firefox 4.0.1 Multilingual Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Firefox 3.6.21 Multilingual Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Firefox 3.0.19 Multilingual Online from MediaFire (0.4 MB)
Final and Beta use same launcher and profile but Aurora (8.0a2) and Nightly (9.0a1) have their own.


Optimized Firefox Browser without installation.
Download Portable Pale Moon 6.0 32-64 bit Multilingual Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Pale Moon 3.6.20-AthlonXP Multilingual Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)
3.6.20-AthlonXP is for unsupported CPUs.

Flash Plugin

Can use Java Runtime Environment Portable

Multilingual Online will download setup in selected language (Afrikaans, Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, SpanishInternational, Spanish, Basque, Finnish, French, Irish, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Norwegian, Dutch, NorwegianNynorsk, Polish, PortugueseBR, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, SimpChinese, TradChinese) and extract files.
Extract and run FirefoxPortable or PaleMoonPortable (both use the same profile).
Settings of installed Firefox should be preserved.

Multi-Users: change Profile by editing FirefoxPortable.ini or PaleMoonPortable.ini with User=NameOfNewUser
Associated to Thunderbird Portable if FirefoxPortable and ThunderbirdPortable folders are in the same folder. A click on a mailto link in FirefoxPortable open a new mail in ThunderbirdPortable.


MozillaCookiesView 1.36, MozillaHistoryView 1.40 and PasswordFox 1.30 for Firefox Portable.
Download NirSoft Firefox Viewers 4.06 from MegaUpload (0.2 MB)
Extract and run MozillaCookiesViewPortable, MozillaHistoryViewPortable or PasswordFoxPortable.

30 August 2011


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:
15.0.865.0 for Chrome Dev
14.0.835.124 for Chrome Beta
13.0.782.218 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 13.0.800.1 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 %


Multimedia Player (KMPlayer Reloaded) without installation.
Download Portable PotPlayer from MegaUpload (17.7 MB)
(md5: c7433367c679fdc7acb5b4c60a1b3853)

Extract and run PotPlayerPortable.
Settings of installed PotPlayer should be preserved.