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 SP1.
On Vista and 7 turn off User Account Control (UAC) or run launcher as admin.
31 May 2012
Fast and free Web browser without installation.
Download Portable Opera Beta 32-64 Online (0.5 MB)
In first screen enter: 6024_12.00-1439
Download Portable Opera Final Online (0.5 MB)
In first screen enter: 1164
Can use Java Runtime Environment Portable
Extract and run OperaPortable or OperaNextPortable.
Edit OperaPortable.ini or OperaNextPortable.ini to choose Open & Save Dir, not empty cache, not backup icons & thumbnails...
Opera and Opera Next have their own profile.
Settings of installed Opera should be preserved.
Results in Acid3 Test: 100 %
Copy DVD and Rip encrypted DVD movies legally without installation.
Download Portable ClonerPlatinum Online (0.3 MB)
Extract and run ClonerPlatinumPortable.
Settings of installed ClonerPlatinum should be preserved.
Full-Featured Browser without installation.
Download Portable Maxthon MultiVersion Online (0.6 MB)
In first screen of Maxthon MultiVersion Online, enter: 3.3.9.1000
Portable Maxthon Online will download setup and extract files.
Extract and run MaxthonPortable.
Settings of installed Maxthon should be preserved.
Professional photographer's essential toolbox without installation.
English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, SimpChinese, TradChinese
Download Portable Lightroom 4.1 32 bit (33.9 MB)
(md5: 7f92b45d2d5d1379d45151e4909a1826)
Download Portable Lightroom 4.1 64 bit (37.0 MB)
(md5: 0b67739dfe4954d5da2ed07357f783c5)
Download Russian Patch (0.4 MB)
Russian patch overwrite German (not tested).
Extract and run LightroomPortable.
Select or create a catalog on startup.
Settings of installed Lightroom should be preserved.
30 May 2012
Open Source personal productivity suite without installation.
Download Portable LibreOffice Multilingual Online (0.3 MB)
English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Bosnian, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, SpanishInternational, Estonian, Basque, Farsi, Finnish, French, Galician, Hebrew, Croatian, Hungarian, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Macedonian, Mongolian, Dutch, NorwegianNynorsk, Polish, Portuguese, PortugueseBR, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Albanian, Serbian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, SimpChinese, TradChinese
Online installer will download LibO_3.5.4_Win_x86_install_multi.msi
and extract files but you can also run the installer in the same location of the .msi and it will be used.
Extract and run LibreOffice*Portable.
On first run LibreOffice disable dictionnaries and close, just restart.
Settings of installed LibreOffice should be preserved.
Organize, secure and customize your mail without installation.
Download Portable Daily MultiVersion Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number: 15.0a1
Download Portable Earlybird MultiVersion Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number: 14.0a2
Download Portable Thunderbird MultiVersion Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number: 13.0b4 or 12.0.1 or 10.0.4esr or 3.1.20
Final and Beta use same launcher and profile but Earlybird and Daily 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.
Streamlined Windows diagnostic and benchmarking software for home users without installation.
Download Portable AIDA64 Extreme Online (0.4 MB)
In first screen enter: 250
Extract and run AIDA64ExtremePortable.
Settings of installed AIDA64 Extreme should be preserved.
Essential Windows network management solution for small and medium scale enterprises without installation.
Download Portable AIDA64 Business Online (0.4 MB)
In first screen enter: 250
Extract and run AIDA64BusinessPortable.
Settings of installed AIDA64 Business should be preserved.
29 May 2012
Results in Acid3 Test : 100 %
Web browser without installation.
Download Portable Nightly 32-64 MultiVersion en-US Online (0.4 MB)
In first screen enter Version Number: 15.0a1
Download Portable Aurora MultiVersion Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number:14.0a2
Download Portable Firefox MultiVersion Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number: 13.0b6 or 12.0 or 10.0.4esr or 3.6.28
Results in Acid3 Test : 100 %
Optimized Firefox Browser without installation.
Download Portable Pale Moon 12.x 32-64 bit Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number : 12.1
On first run, check allow Language Pack installation, click on Continue but close and restart by launcher.
Download Portable Pale Moon 3.6.x Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number : 3.6.31
PasswordFox 1.31 for Firefox Portable.
Download PasswordFox Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Extract and run PasswordFoxPortable.
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.
Music Converter, CD Ripper, Audio Converter, CD/DVD Creator without installation.
Download Portable EasyCDDAExtractor (6.1 MB)
Extract and run EasyCDDAExtractorPortable.
Language set by launcher according SystemLang (if you don't want or for UniCode languages: write SystemLang=false in EasyCDDAExtractorPortable.ini).
Settings of installed EasyCDDAExtractor should be preserved.
Take a “snapshot” of anything on your PC screen without installation.
Download Portable Snagit Online (0.2 MB)
Extract and run SnagitPortable.
Don't forget to close if in systray when leaving.
Output set in Snagit (at the root of portable folder). If you want to fix paths yourself edit SnagitPortable.ini.
Settings of installed Snagit should be preserved.