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.
If you found dead links, search on Jooseng's Mirrors.
Web browser without installation.
Portable Nightly 32-64 MultiVersion en-US Online (0.4 MB)
In first screen enter Version Number: 26.0a1
Portable Aurora MultiVersion Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number:25.0a2
Portable Firefox MultiVersion Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number: 24.0b3 or 23.0.1 or 17.0.8esr or 10.0.12esr or 3.6.28
Optimized Firefox Browser without installation.
Portable Pale Moon 20.x 32-64 bit Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number: 20.3
On first run, check allow Language Pack installation, click on Continue but close and restart by launcher.
Portable Pale Moon 3.6.x Multilingual Online (0.4 MB)
Select language and enter Version Number : 3.6.32
64-bit variant of Firefox without installation.
Download Portable Waterfox 18.0.1 en-US (28.7 MB)
PasswordFox 1.36 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, Shqip, عربي, Հայերեն, অসমীয়া, Euskara, Беларуская, বাংলা (বাংলাদেশ), Bosanski, Brezhoneg, Български, Català, 中文 (简体), 正體中文 (繁體), Hrvatski, Čeština, Dansk, Nederlands, English (British), English (South African), English (US), Esperanto, Eesti keel, suomi, Français, Frysk, Pulaar-Fulfulde, Gàidhlig, Galego, Deutsch, Ελληνικά, ગુજરાતી, עברית, हिन्दी (भारत), magyar, íslenska, Bahasa Indonesia, Gaeilge, Italiano, 日本語, ಕನ್ನಡ, Қазақ, ខ្មែរ, 한국어, Latviešu, lietuvių kalba, Македонски, മലയാളം, मराठी, Norsk bokmål, Norsk nynorsk, ଓଡ଼ିଆ, فارسی, Polski, Português (do Brasil), Português (Europeu), ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, română, Русский, Српски, slovenčina, Slovenščina, Español (de Argentina), Español (de Chile), Español (de México), Español (de España), Svenska, தமிழ், తెలుగు, ไทย, Türkçe, Українська, Tiếng Việt, Cymraeg, isiZulu) 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 (don't work on Windows 8).
Fast and free Web browser without installation.
Download Portable Opera Developer Online (0.5 MB)
In first screen enter:17.0.1232.0
Download Portable Opera Next Online (0.5 MB)
In first screen enter:16.0.1196.45
Download Portable Opera 15 Online (0.5 MB)
In first screen enter:15.0.1147.153
Download Portable Opera 12 32-64 bit Online (0.5 MB)
In first screen enter:1216
Download Portable Opera Mail Online (0.5 MB)
In first screen enter:1.0-1040
OperaPassView Recover the passwords stored in Opera Web browser.
Download Portable OperaPassView latest Online (0.5 MB)
Can use Java Runtime Environment Portable
Extract and run OperaDeveloperPortable or OperaNextPortable or Opera15Portable or OperaPortable (each have their own profile) or OperaMailPortable.
E-book management without installation.
Download Portable Calibre 32-64 bit Online (0.3 MB)
In first screen enter: 0.9.44
Extract and run CalibrePortable.
Default Library in CalibrePortable, edit CalibrePortable.ini to change (must be in same drive).
Settings of installed Calibre should be preserved.
Make the most of your GPS without installation.
Download Portable CompeGPS LAND (23.2 MB)
decryption key: LOSJEHkAI134iYo8-KA6YXOmbHMviCuP39bAV4Hk5c4
(md5: 7c8640ec4ade84461f492f64de73711a)
Thanks to MPT34M for activator.
Extract and run CompeGPSLANDPortable.
Settings of installed CompeGPS should be preserved.
Full-Featured Browser without installation.
Download Portable Maxthon 4.x.x.x Online (0.6 MB)
In first screen of Maxthon MultiVersion Online, enter: 4.1.2.2000
Portable Maxthon Online will download setup and extract files.
Can use Java Runtime Environment Portable
Extract and run MaxthonPortable.
Settings of installed Maxthon should be preserved.
Bittorrent Client without installation.
Download Portable Azureus (8.6 MB)
Needs Java Runtime Environment Portable or Installed.
Extract and run AzureusPortable.
Don't forget to close in systray when leaving.
Settings of installed Azureus should be preserved.
Convert avi to DVD and burn DVD without installation.
Download Portable ConvertXtoDVD 5 Online (1 MB)
Download Portable ConvertXtoDVD 4 Online (0.3 MB)
Extract and run ConvertXtoDVD*Portable.
Working folder set by user. If you just burn you can set it in TEMP (deleted when leaving) with WorkingFolder=temp in ConvertXtoDVD*Portable.ini. You can also fix it in portable folder with WorkingFolder=portable (the worst on USB key).
Sound events language set by launcher according localisation of Windows : English, French, German, Japanese,Spanish.
Settings of installed ConvertXtoDVD should be preserved.
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.
Google Internet browser without installation.
Download Portable Chrome MultiVersion Online (0.5 MB)
Check Stable for latest 28.x.x.x
Check Beta for latest 29.x.x.x
Check Dev for latest 30.x.x.x
Check Canary for latest 30.x.x.x
Chrome Online will download setup and extract files.
SRWare Iron 28.0.1550.1 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 Multiversion Online (0.2 MB)
Flash Plugin (not needed for Chrome)
ChromePass Chrome Browser Password Recovery.
Download Portable ChromePass latest Online (0.5 MB)
To see Passwords stored in Iron Portable, write Browser=Iron in ChromePassPortable.ini
Can use Java Runtime Environment Portable
Extract and run ChromePortable 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 & Iron should be preserved.
Results in Acid3 Test :
Chrome & Iron: 100 %
Free source code editor without installation.
Download Portable Notepad++ Online (0.7 MB)
In first screen enter: 6.4.5
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.