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.
08 June 2012
Advanced freeware audio player without installation.
Download Portable foobar2000 (2.2 MB)
Included Monkey's Audio Decoder 2.1.5.
Extract and run foobar2000Portable.
Settings of installed foobar2000 should be preserved.
Fast and free Web browser without installation.
Download Portable Opera RC 32-64 Online (0.5 MB)
In first screen enter: cortana_12.00-1448
Download Portable Opera Final Online (0.5 MB)
In first screen enter: 1164
Can use Java Runtime Environment Portable
Extract and run OperaPortable.
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 %
07 June 2012
Screen captures from Windows screen, and text capture without installation.
Download Portable HyperSnap 7 En-De-Fr-Ru Online (0.3 MB)
Extract and run HyperSnapPortable.
Settings of installed HyperSnap should be preserved.
Free internet calls without installation.
Download Portable Skype 5 Online (0.2 MB)
In first screen enter: 5.9.0.123
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 (0.6 MB)
In first screen enter: 275
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.
Save a part or whole web site to drive without installation.
Download Portable OfflineExplorer (12.1 MB)
Extract and run OfflineExplorerPortable.
Language set by launcher according UserDefaultLang (if you don't want: write UserDefaultLang=false in OfflineExplorerPortable.ini): ar, cz, da, de, du, en, fr, hr, hu, id, it, pl, pt, ptbr, ro, ru, sk, sp, srb, src, tr, ua, zhcn, zhtc.
Settings of installed OfflineExplorer should be preserved.
Full-Featured Browser without installation.
Download Portable Maxthon MultiVersion Online (0.6 MB)
In first screen of Maxthon MultiVersion Online, enter: 3.3.9.2000
Portable Maxthon Online will download setup and extract files.
Extract and run MaxthonPortable.
Settings of installed Maxthon 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: 16.0a1
Download Portable Thunderbird MultiVersion Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number: 13.0 or 10.0.5esr 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.
06 June 2012
Multi protocol instant messenger client without installation.
Download Portable Miranda MultiVersion Online (0.4 MB)
In first screen of Miranda MultiVersion Online, enter: 0.9.50
Download Portable Miranda Alpha MultiVersion Online (0.4 MB)
In first screen of Miranda Alpha MultiVersion Online, enter: 0100a3
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.
Web browser without installation.
Download Portable Nightly 32-64 MultiVersion en-US Online (0.4 MB)
In first screen enter Version Number: 16.0a1
Download Portable Aurora MultiVersion Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number:15.0a2
Download Portable Firefox MultiVersion Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number:14.0b6 or 13.0 or 10.0.5esr 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 : 3.6.32
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.
Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing without installation.
Download Portable SeaMonkey MultiVersion Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number: 2.10
If you want Modern skin, check accept on first run, click on Continue but close and restart by launcher.
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.