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.

09 March 2012


Fast and free Web browser without installation.
Download Portable Opera Dev Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Opera Final Online from RapidShare (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 %


File manager for Windows without installation.
Download Portable TotalCommander from RapidShare (5.1 MB)
Download Portable TotalCommander Beta 32-64 bit from RapidShare (8.1 MB)

Extract and run TotalCommanderPortable.
Added: RAR Packer, Total7zip & DiskDirExtended PackerPlugins, FileInfo & anytag ListerPlugins.
Plugins are 32 bit, to use on 64 bit systems write Force32=true in TotalCommanderPortable.ini.
Language set by launcher according UserDefaultLang (if you don't want: write UserDefaultLang=false in TotalCommanderPortable.ini): English, SimpChinese, Czech, Danish, German, Dutch, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish.
Settings of installed TotalCommander should be preserved.

If you need to run several instances change AllowMultipleInstances from false to true in TotalCommanderPortable.ini.
If you have Notepad++Portable or UltraEditPortable in the same foder as TotalCommanderPortable you can choose one of them as default editor (F4) by changing one (not two) false to true in TotalCommanderPortable.ini.


Free graphic and photo viewer without installation.
Download Portable XnView Full Online from RapidShare (0.3 MB)
Download Portable XnView Standard Online from RapidShare (0.3 MB)

Extract and run XnViewPortable.
Copy Adobe Photoshop Plugins (*.8bf) in Data\8bf

Edit XnViewPortable.ini to fix Cache:
Cache=Disabled Default
Cache=Temp Cache set in Windows Temp folder deleted when leaving
Cache=Portable Cache set in Data\Cache

If you drag'n drop a file on (or open with) XnViewPortable: it will be opened in XnView.
Full is integrated in shell explorer while running: right click on a picture to show thumbnail, convert, send to ImageShack...
Settings and integration of installed XnView should be preserved.


Web browser without installation.
Download Portable Firefox 13.0a1 32-64 en-US Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Firefox 12.0a2 Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Firefox MultiVersion Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number : 11.0b7 or 10.0.2 or 3.6.28
Final and Beta use same launcher and profile but Aurora (12.0a2) and Nightly (13.0a1) have their own.
Results in Acid3 Test : 100 %


Optimized Firefox Browser without installation.
Download Portable Pale Moon 9.2 32-64 bit Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Pale Moon 3.6.30 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.


PasswordFox 1.30 for Firefox Portable.
Download PasswordFox Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Extract and run PasswordFoxPortable.


Organize, secure and customize your mail without installation.
Download Portable Thunderbird 13.0a1 Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Thunderbird 12.0a2 Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Download Portable Thunderbird MultiVersion Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number : 11.0b5 or 10.0.2 or 3.1.19
Final and Beta use same launcher and profile but Earlybird (12.0a2) and Daily (13.0a1) 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, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing without installation.
Download Portable SeaMonkey MultiVersion Multilingual Online from RapidShare (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number : 2.7.2 or 2.8b6

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.

08 March 2012


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

In first screen of Chrome MultiVersion Online, enter ver number:
19.0.1061.1 for Chrome Dev
18.0.1025.54 for Chrome Beta
17.0.963.78 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 RapidShare (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 17.0.1000.0 Online from RapidShare (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 %

07 March 2012


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

In first screen of Miranda MultiVersion Online, enter: 0.9.46
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.


Download Social Music, Video & More… without installation.
Download Portable Orbit Downloader Online from RapidShare (0.3 MB)

Extract and run OrbitDownloaderPortable.
Language set by launcher according UserDefaultLang (if you don't want: write UserDefaultLang=false in OrbitDownloaderPortable.ini): afr, ara, bgr, cat, chs, cht, csy, deu, ell, eng, esn, far, fin, fra, heb, hun, ind, ita, jpn, kor, mki, nld, nor, plk, ptb, ptg, rom, rus, sky, sqi, srb, swe, tha, trk, ukr, vit..
Downloads in portable folder (if you don't want: write PortableDownloads=false in OrbitDownloaderPortable.ini).
Settings of installed OrbitDownloader should be preserved.

06 March 2012


Free internet calls without installation.
Download Portable Skype 5 Online from RapidShare (0.2 MB)
On first screen enter: 5.8.0.158
Download Portable Skype 3.8.0.188 from RapidShare (12.2 MB)
(md5: e79812518a03fdb0d291185cf22909f7)

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.


Online translator for all your outgoing messages in Skype without installation.
Download Portable Clownfish Online from RapidShare (0.5 MB)

Extract and run ClownfishPortable.
Language set by launcher according UserDefaultLang (if you don't want: write UserDefaultLang=false in ClownfishPortable.ini).
Settings of installed Clownfish should be preserved.