Featured Freeware: PortableApps
Taking an old-school tack to an ages-old computer problem, the PortableApps Suite approach to mobile computing feels more Web 0.5 than 2.0. Instead of hosting programs online, PortableApps is a comprehensive application suite that fits onto and runs from almost any thumbdrive with at least 512MB of space, and can be shrunk down even further if need be.
The suite's flexibility is impressive. It manages some of the best freeware applications from a taskbar menu that runs instantly when clicked on. User-favorites Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird are here, as well as the entire OpenOffice.org office suite, a calendar and day planner app, instant-messenger manager Pidgin, an antivirus program, and even a Sudoku game. If you want additional portable goodness, you can download even more stripped-down but fully-functional programs from the PortableApps Web site, including a media player, a Web page editor, and an FTP client. Support is also provided for all your ancillary settings, plug-ins, buddy lists, and document and media files, making this the easiest way to take your work with you, but without an Internet connection.
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Browsers and extensions,
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Chat and e-mail,
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Digital photography,
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Security and spyware,
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Utilities and drivers,
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Audio/MP3,
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Office Software,
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Windows Software,
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Video,
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Games,
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File Sharing,
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Featured Freeware
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PortableApps,
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freeware,
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open source,
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thumbdrive,
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USB drive
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Opera@USB
http://www.opera-usb.com/operausben.htm
Opera Portable
http://www.kejut.com/operaportable
HDD. Maybe you should know that when you run them from your HDD. it leaves info on that computer. in the OS and registry.
you are somewaht defeating the most of the purposes of "portable apps"
Don't get me wrong, I am not saying it is wrong or anything, just letting you know a few things just incase.
It is nice to know you can use these programs and not technically have them
in your Add/Remove list huh ?
By the way, you can run them from CD too.
OH, P.S.S. you don't have to install the suite to use the usefull menu.
just install the "base Edition" and you can pick and choose what to install later.
AND I hope you backup those folders more often than just when you need a "fresh install"
These days I test every piece of software I download to see if it will run without being installed. About 85% will run just fine if you install it, copy the file out of Program Files, uninstall it, then run the .exe out of the copied folder.
http://portableapps.com
PortableApps allows you to run programs that your company's policy prevents from running since you have no administrative rights for an installation on your workstation.