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.

25 January 2012


Web browser without installation.
Download Portable Firefox 12.0a1 32-64 en-US Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Firefox 11.0a2 Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Firefox 10.0b6 Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Firefox 9.0.1 Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Firefox 3.6.25 Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Final and Beta use same launcher and profile but Aurora (11.0a2) and Nightly (12.0a1) have their own.
Results in Acid3 Test : 100 %


Optimized Firefox Browser without installation.
Download Portable Pale Moon 9.1 32-64 bit Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Pale Moon 3.6.28 Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)

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 have their own 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 1.42 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.

24 January 2012


Fast and free Web browser without installation.
Download Portable Opera Final Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Opera Alpha 32-64 bit 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 %


Multi protocol instant messenger client without installation.
Download Portable Miranda MultiVersion Online from MegaUpload (0.4 MB)

In first screen of Miranda MultiVersion Online, enter: 0.9.42
Miranda Online will download setup and extract files.

Extract and run MirandaPortable.
32 or 64 files selected by launcher.
For other languages download langpack and extract langpack_*.txt in App\Miranda\ and App\Miranda64\.
Settings of installed Miranda should be preserved.


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

In first screen of ImageResizer MultiVersion Online, enter: _4.1.1.5_linkular
Portable ImageResizer Online will download setup and extract files.

Extract and run ImageResizerPortable.
You can add switches (App\ImageResizer\switches.txt) with AdditionalParameters in ImageResizerPortable.ini.
Settings of installed ImageResizer 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:
18.0.1017.2 for Chrome Dev
17.0.963.44 for Chrome Beta
16.0.912.77 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 16.0.950.0 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 %

20 January 2012


Copy Blu-ray/DVD and convert video file without installation.
Download Portable DVDFab from RapidShare (19.8 MB)
(md5: c9694ce72984654b345efcd66dd66cb8)

Options: "DVD to DVD", "DVD to Mobile", "Blu-ray to Blu-ray", "Blu-ray to Mobile", "File to Mobile" and "File Mover"
Extract and run DVDFabPortable.
Settings of installed DVDFab should be preserved.


Audio Editing, Recording, Conversion, Restoration & Analysis Software without installation.
Download Portable GoldWave from RapidShare (4.4 MB)

Extract and run GoldWavePortable.
Included LAME 3.98 dll (to use another MP3 encoder or another temp folder edit GoldWavePortable.ini).
Settings of installed GoldWave should be preserved.


Screen captures from Windows screen, and text capture without installation.
Download Portable HyperSnap 7 En Online from RapidShare (0.2 MB)
Download Portable HyperSnap 7 De-Fr-Ru Patch from RapidShare (0.5 MB) (patch after each update)
Download Portable HyperSnap 6 from MegaUpload (7.5 MB)
(md5: d667324edb14f10261409911d2fee23a)

Extract and run HyperSnapPortable.
Settings of installed HyperSnap should be preserved.

19 January 2012


Burning software without installation.
Download Portable Burning Studio 11 from RapidShare (62.0 MB)
(md5: a75e08b60f53996cb1dbedc13d92ba36)
Download Portable Burning Studio 11 Themes from RapidShare (92.9 MB)
(md5: f7fc652f0a6dd3838cfca303390c13c3)


Download Portable Burning Studio 2012 from RapidShare (45.0 MB)
(md5: d403338eb089548a025b9b248539d72e)


Download Portable Burning Studio 10 from MegaUpload (86.6 MB)
(md5: 03a53085c7261243339e50c11e87d6ec)


Download Portable Burning Studio 9 from RapidShare (50 MB)
(md5: 24e6f212c3a1beb540a163a41d75e5df)
Replace launcher to run on Windows 7


Download Portable BurningStudio 8 from RapidShare (39.4 MB)
(md5: a59f8a265750bd7110f2d36b20f257f5)


Download Portable BurningStudio 7 from MegaUpload (22.9 MB)
(md5: 2ed0a64457e43c4caae2250eff133b46)


Download Portable BurningStudio 6 Free from RapidShare (5.5 MB)
(md5: e66da873a821e2573250222a26a4302b)


Download Portable BurningStudio 5 from iFile.it (3.7 MB)

Extract and run BurningStudio*Portable.
Settings of installed Burning Studio should be preserved.


Organize, secure and customize your mail without installation.
Download Portable Thunderbird 12.0a1 Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Thunderbird 11.0a2 Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Thunderbird 10.0b4 Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Thunderbird 9.0.1 Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Thunderbird 3.1.17 Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Final and Beta use same launcher and profile but Earlybird (11.0a2) and Daily (12.0a1) 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.