Portable Freeware

[Gorge]

Hello,

who uses portable apps ?
Portable application - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Personally, I only use portable apps. ( Except for commercial apps, of course)

For example, I use :
OpenOffice, Pigdin, VLC, SunBird, TheGIMP, Audacity... in portable version.

If you are interested, you can look at these two addresses (there are others):

Applications | PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB drives
The Portable Freeware Collection - Latest entries

Gorge

 

[InsaneNutter]

I use PortabelApps at University, the main one been Google Chrome Portable.

Its nice to have my bookmarks synced and available when im not at home, another plus is that it remembers all my login information for websites I need to access a lot in class, very convenient I find.

 

[Gorge]

Hello,

It's very useful. When I changed my operating system (XP => Vista => Seven), I just copy my folders.
All my settings are preserved, not lost time with an installation.
I have a backup on a USB key. In case of problems on the hard disk, everything is recoverable.
Without having to configure everything again.

You can find here an example : GlaryUtilities Portable.

Gorge

 

[MasterChief]

I use VLC portable so I can watch stuff on computers I dont have admin rights to install codes on.

Not a massive portable app user but some of them are great depending on your situation