Variety of possible portable software

webfork · **Posted:** Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:41 pm

This program seems portable from all I can tell. I haven't checked registry entries but I've moved it between several computers and had no issue.

PSPad - My favorite text editor ... can be downloaded in a CAB format, which behaves like a zipfile.
http://www.pspad.com/

Portblocker - lets you close off ports if your firewall doesn't give you that capability.
http://www.analogx.com/CONTENTS/download/network/pblock.htm

Core Mini SFTP server - great for setting up secure downloads/uploads
http://www.coreftp.com/server/download/msftpsrvr.exe

MD5Summer - great MD5 generator and verifier for multiple subdirectories ... terrific for making sure CDs and DVDs maintain integrity.
http://www.md5summer.org/

CamStudio portable... which I guess portableapps just picked up... lets you make videos -- great for tech support demonstrations.
http://portableapps.com/node/3572

WinHTTrack - website downloader ... OSS and available in zip format
http://www.httrack.com/

TightVNC - A much better Remote Desktop software than regular VNC
http://www.tightvnc.com/

NoteTab light - zip - another basic text editor
http://www.notetab.com/ntl.php

... thanks for running this site! I'm a big fan.

webfork · **Posted:** Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:49 pm

roddersg already reported on the program:
http://portablefreeware.com/forums/view ... =md5summer

But you can tell the program NOT to associate with .MD5 files. Not sure if his post was clear on that point.

AlephX · **Joined:** Thu May 11, 2006 10:53 pm **Posts:** 663

Hi webfork!
Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate them.

I checked the database.

Quote:

PSPad - My favorite text editor ... can be downloaded in a CAB format, which behaves like a zipfile.
http://www.pspad.com/

already here
http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=15

Portblocker - lets you close off ports if your firewall doesn't give you that capability.
http://www.analogx.com/CONTENTS/downloa ... pblock.htm

Interesting. TO check

Core Mini SFTP server - great for setting up secure downloads/uploads
http://www.coreftp.com/server/download/msftpsrvr.exe

To check

MD5Summer - great MD5 generator and verifier for multiple subdirectories ... terrific for making sure CDs and DVDs maintain integrity.
http://www.md5summer.org/

CamStudio portable... which I guess portableapps just picked up... lets you make videos -- great for tech support demonstrations.
http://portableapps.com/node/3572

already here
http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1126

WinHTTrack - website downloader ... OSS and available in zip format
http://www.httrack.com/

already here
http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=70

TightVNC - A much better Remote Desktop software than regular VNC
http://www.tightvnc.com/

SEE: http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/ ... t=tightvnc

NoteTab light - zip - another basic text editor
http://www.notetab.com/ntl.php

already here
http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=277

Please, next time, can you check the database?

Anyway there are two possible candidates for the Collection:

Portblocker http://www.analogx.com/CONTENTS/downloa ... pblock.htm

Core Mini SFTP server - great for setting up secure downloads/uploads
http://www.coreftp.com/server/download/msftpsrvr.exe

webfork · **Posted:** Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:45 pm

> Please, next time, can you check the database?

That's odd... I could swear I checked for those. Maybe the box I searched only checked the Forums and not the files listing. Apologies.

Anyhow, thanks for the reply! Hope those apps help.

AlephX · **Joined:** Thu May 11, 2006 10:53 pm **Posts:** 663

Quote:

MD5Summer - great MD5 generator and verifier for multiple subdirectories ... terrific for making sure CDs and DVDs maintain integrity.
http://www.md5summer.org/

writes settings to the registry.

webfork · **Posted:** Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:56 pm

> writes settings to the registry.

Well, this has been a fairly poor first post, then. Hopefully the PortBlocker program can be the first thing approaching a firewall for portable software.

AlephX · **Joined:** Thu May 11, 2006 10:53 pm **Posts:** 663

Don´t worry, Webfork. Hopefully we will test it "in a while" depending on the number of new issues we have to deal with.

Unfortunately this is not a full time job, so we "ask" users to be very collaborative (by checking already present entries and -this is great!- by testing the portability) because if I test wrong entries (as moderator) I get a part of my time lost and cannot update the database for the other users.

Anyway starting to post in a wrong way, it´s a part of the game. I did it too when I wanted to become an ACTIVE USER, like it seems you are going to be

So: thanks for the posting!!!

Andrew Lee · **Joined:** Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:19 am **Posts:** 1878

I was looking at PortBlocker, but couldn't get it to work.

When I run it under Win2K or WinXP, I always get a yellow icon with red "B". The app log doesn't tell me anything, which it is supposed to if it can't start.

Anyone else got it working?

AlephX · **Joined:** Thu May 11, 2006 10:53 pm **Posts:** 663

Code:

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Values added:3
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HKU\S-1-5-21-407404009-2007238923-643028249-1007\Software\AnalogX\PortBlocker\Verify Site: "http://www.winfiles.com/"
HKU\S-1-5-21-407404009-2007238923-643028249-1007\Software\AnalogX\PortBlocker\PortBlock Bind: "disabled"
HKU\S-1-5-21-407404009-2007238923-643028249-1007\Software\AnalogX\PortBlocker\Alerts: 0x00000001

...but maybe it can work as portable, due to the nature of the app...

:idea:

I would like to hear opinions of the other users

webfork · **Posted:** Tue May 01, 2007 12:30 pm

> Anyway starting to post in a wrong way, it´s a part of the game. I did it too when I wanted to become an ACTIVE USER, like it seems you are going to be

Yes, absolutely. I'm working on a CD distribution of free Portable Apps that I'll post to a torrent database for support purposes. I already have a 700 meg CD I give to people I do tech support for. So absolutely I'm involved.

> thanks for the posting!

Thanks for your patience!

WF

Andrew Lee · **Joined:** Sat Feb 04, 2006 9:19 am **Posts:** 1878

Core Mini SFTP server writes settings to the registry:

Code:

HKU\S-1-5-21-329068152-343818398-725345543-1001\Software\FTPWare\msftpsrvr\msftpsrvr\PW: "testpass"
HKU\S-1-5-21-329068152-343818398-725345543-1001\Software\FTPWare\msftpsrvr\msftpsrvr\Port: "22"
HKU\S-1-5-21-329068152-343818398-725345543-1001\Software\FTPWare\msftpsrvr\msftpsrvr\User: "test"
HKU\S-1-5-21-329068152-343818398-725345543-1001\Software\FTPWare\msftpsrvr\msftpsrvr\Path: "\temp"

guinness · **Joined:** Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:00 am **Posts:** 3717

Seems I came across webfork's first post!

webfork · **Posted:** Sun Feb 19, 2012 12:57 pm

guinness wrote:

Seems I came across webfork's first post!

Indeed. I was really pleased at the time that just a little effort got a response (even though my suggestions weren't accepted). Many other software sites I've tried to get involved with were much less welcoming.

The people and community are nice, but the site has also paid me back to some extent for most of my work in terms of making me more effective and productive at the various contract work I've gotten over time. Walking in with a big tool set means you can frequently solve problems faster than other people. Because its portable, you're not modifying the computer you're working on and the various security controls always present don't get in my way.

Its been a good partnership.

guinness · **Joined:** Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:00 am **Posts:** 3717

webfork wrote:

(even though my suggestions weren't accepted)

It goes to show you weren't deterred in continuing with testing on TPFC!

webfork wrote:

The people and community are nice

It's definitely a unique place on the Internet and I think this is the primary reason people join.

webfork wrote:

The people and community are nice, but the site has also paid me back to some extent for most of my work in terms of making me more effective and productive at the various contract work I've gotten over time. Walking in with a big tool set means you can frequently solve problems faster than other people. Because its portable, you're not modifying the computer you're working on and the various security controls always present don't get in my way.

Agreed, I'm surprised by the number of IT Admins I've met along the way who install application after application and have never even heard of this site.

webfork · **Posted:** Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:27 pm

guinness wrote:

webfork wrote:

(even though my suggestions weren't accepted)

It goes to show you weren't deterred in continuing with testing on TPFC!

Absolutely and I've tried to be as encouraging to serious users Andrew was here.

guinness wrote:

I'm surprised by the number of IT Admins I've met along the way who install application after application and have never even heard of this site.

I think I understand most admin's position: most users don't want to wonder if the software they put on their computer is going to work according to plan. So putting a program on a computer and NOT having it integrated into the OS in an easy and smooth way (double click on it, send emails with it) doesn't make sense.

Still, there are advantages: portable software might not be as slick as commercial software, but it won't bog the computer down, constantly running all the time and stacking up registry cruft. Users won't need RAM upgrades and/or a new machine refresh every 2 years. I'm running into that situation with someone I know who thinks a 3 year laptop refresh is impossibly long.

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