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.
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.

Many links are reported as illegal with false declaration and perjure.
Comments are back to let John T. Haller justify himself but also to let users post mirrors.
If you found dead links, search on Jooseng's Mirrors.

0 commentaires 18 August 2012


Open source software for recording and editing sounds without installation.
Download Portable Audacity Online (0.3 MB)
In first screen enter Version Number: 2.0.2rc3 or 2.0.1

Extract and run AudacityPortable.
Language set by launcher according UserDefaultLang (if you don't want: write UserDefaultLang=false in AudacityPortable.ini): Afrikaans, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Welsh, Danish, German, Greek, Spanish, Finnish, French, Irish, Galician, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Dutch, NorwegianNynorsk, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, SimpChinese, TradChinese.
Settings of installed Audacity should be preserved.

0 commentaires 17 August 2012


Advanced freeware audio player without installation.
Download Portable foobar2000 (2.3 MB)
Included Monkey's Audio Decoder 2.1.5.

Extract and run foobar2000Portable.
Settings of installed foobar2000 should be preserved.

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Fast and free Web browser without installation.
Download Portable Opera RC 32-64 Online (0.5 MB)
In first screen enter: 29803_12.02-1555
Download Portable Opera Next 32-64 Online (0.5 MB)
In first screen enter: moma_12.50-1546
Download Portable Opera Final 32-64 Online (0.5 MB)
In first screen enter: 1201

Flash Plugin

Can use Java Runtime Environment Portable

Extract and run OperaPortable or OperaNextPortable (each have their own profile).
Edit OperaPortable.in to choose Open & Save Dir, not empty cache, not backup icons & thumbnails...
Settings of installed Opera should be preserved.

Results in Acid3 Test: 100 %

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Anonimity online without installation.
Download Portable Tor (9.1 MB)

Content: Vidalia 0.2.20, Tor 0.2.2.38 & Torbutton 1.4.6.
Extract and run TorPortable.
Installer check Pidgin, Firefox, Thunderbird, Opera & SeaMonkey Portable if found in expected folders to extract Tor launchers and settings.
When Tor enabled, run *TorPortable launchers and don't forget to exit Vidalia when closed.
Settings of installed Tor should be preserved.

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Multimedia Player (KMPlayer Reloaded) without installation.
Download Portable PotPlayer Online (0.6 MB)
On first screen enter: 1.5.34023

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

3 commentaires 16 August 2012


Open Source personal productivity suite without installation.
Download Portable LibreOffice 3.6.1.1 Multilingual Online (0.3 MB)
Download Portable LibreOffice 3.6.0 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_3.6.0_Win_x86_install_multi.msi or LibO_3.6.1.1_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.

Can use Java Runtime Environment Portable

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Organize, secure and customize your mail without installation.
Download Portable Daily MultiVersion Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number: 17.0a1
Download Portable Earlybird MultiVersion Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number: 16.0a2
Download Portable Thunderbird MultiVersion Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number: 15.0b4 or 14.0 or 10.0.6esr 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.

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Free source code editor without installation.
Download Portable Notepad++ Online (0.7 MB)
In first screen enter: 6.1.6

Extract and run Notepad++Portable.
Included Plugin: Explorer 1.8.2, Compare 1.5.6 & Light Explorer 2.0.
If you use as default editor (F4) in Total Commander edit Notepad++Portable.ini with AllowMultipleInstances=true.
Language set by launcher according Windows localization : Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, PortugueseBR, Romanian, Russian, SimpChinese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, TradChinese, Turkish, Ukrainian.
You can change Language in Settings-Preference...Localization Menu.
Portable settings in Data kept on update.
Settings of installed Notepad++ should be preserved.

4 commentaires 15 August 2012


Web browser without installation.
Download Portable Nightly 32-64 MultiVersion en-US Online (0.4 MB)
In first screen enter Version Number: 17.0a1
Download Portable Aurora MultiVersion Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number:16.0a2
Download Portable Firefox MultiVersion Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number:15.0b5 or 14.0.1 or 10.0.6esr or 3.6.28

Final and Beta use same launcher and profile but Aurora and Nightly have their own.
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 : 12.3
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.

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.

2 commentaires 14 August 2012


Flash Plugin for Firefox, Opera, Seamonkey....
Download Flash Plugin copied from Chrome (0.06 MB)
Need latest Chrome Portable in its default folder.

Download Flash Plugin (3.5 MB)
(included also Adobe Reader plugin 10.1.4.38 but need installed program)

Extracted once in CommonFiles\Plugins in your PortableApps folder (if test fail run latest browser installer).