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Not sure if this is payware or freeware... it's kinda the same as Winzip and WinRAR in that it stays functional even after the trial date but gives you a nag screen every once in a while.

would love for this app to be portable!
it's my favourite of all the text editors!

http://www.textpad.com

Very old topic update: I just came across some info about TextPad portability, so I'll leave it here for the benefit of the community...

The installer package available for download doesn't lend itself for easy (Uni)extraction, nor does it offer to create a portable "installation".

Nonetheless, once installed, there's is a menu option just for that, dependent on the user having having a license key.

After that option executes, a portable setup will be created, with sub-folders 'config' and 'license' in TextPad program folder populated with editor settings and the license key, respectively.

A batch file is then used for launching the portable TextPad:

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  @START "" .\TextPad.exe -f config -k license

Please note that I have not verified portable TextPad stealth status...

• [url]http://www.textpad.com/products/textpad/summary.html[/url] author wrote:TextPad is designed to provide the power and functionality to satisfy the most demanding text editing requirements. It can edit files up to the limits of virtual memory, and it will work with the 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 8.x, 7, Vista, XP and Server 2003, 2008 and 2012.

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Latest 32 or 64-bit TextPad trial installers (currently v7.4.0) can be downloaded from http://www.textpad.com/download/ (changelogs are at http://www.textpad.com/support/relnotes.html)