µTorrent (or uTorrent) is a lightweight BitTorrent client that supports multiple simultaneous downloads, file level priorities, configurable bandwidth scheduler and speed limiters, even the ability to only run while user activity is detected. Also includes boss key, built-in search function and RSS capability for subscribed downloads.
Note that this software was changed to adware after being added to the Portable Freeware database.
Alternatively, µTorrent Portable is also available, which automatically adjusts paths.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Adware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | qBittorrent, Halite |
What's new? |
See: http://www.should.keepfree.de/utorrent_alltime_changelogs.txt |
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ashghost
on 2017-12-24 23:19
@robzuc: see 'What is "portable"' on the "about" page: https://www.portablefreeware.com/about.php Not leaving stuff behind is not "stealth" in the parlance here, and uTorrent works fine when moving from machine to machine and saves your settings.
Peter202
on 2019-05-17 14:49
After i extracted uTorrent.exe 3.5.5 with 7-zip in the extracted folder there are couple of .dll files. Are they needed? Can i delete them?
billon
on 2019-05-17 20:35
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@Peter202: |
LookDisk is a fast and effective file, text, and duplicate search tool that supports searching with specific parameters. Includes support for searching archive files (e.g. .ZIP files). Displays a disk overview (size and free space).
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application Folder |
Stealth: ? | No. %WINDIR%\gridList |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable Version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ldw.exe. |
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vinc64
on 2022-11-22 08:02
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Please note that the download link for LookDisk is now http://lookdisk.simply.cool/portable_version.zip |
nomacs is an easy to use image viewer with basic edit features and folder preview. The program includes image manipulation including rotate, adjusting brightness, contrast, saturation etc. and includes a pseudo color feature for creating false color images. It will even synchronization multiple instances to allow image comparison of the same position on different images.
The program can view images inside archives or MS Office files.
Clients also available for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac, and OS/2.
Version for 32-bit Win2K/XP/Vista
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. See this thread. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch nomacs.exe shortcut. |
Similar/alternative apps: | PhotoDemon, Quickviewer |
What's new? |
See: https://nomacs.org/category/news/ |
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juverax
on 2024-01-18 19:45
Download link is broken
Midas
on 2024-01-19 07:32
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From the homepage: "We are in process of migrating our website. For the time being, please visit our GitHub page. |
CatFish allows you to save snapshots of all your floppy disks and removable media (ZIP disks, CDROMs). You can instantly find files in all catalogs by name (with wildcards), size, and/or date, see all total file and subdirectory counts as well as total space usage, export saved catalogs as text files etc.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch CATFISH.EXE. |
Latest comments |
Roddersg
on 2007-12-26 20:57
A good fast cataloger which creates a single file from each disk (.cf4) whose size ranges from 1K to 200k for lots of files. Its very fast and small. The find feature needs more work as it only locates the first find.
Marius
on 2008-04-10 06:05
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Worth the download - despite its age, still the program to beat. |
AllDup removes duplicate files from one or multiple directories and includes a preview function using Windows own tools (IE, MediaPlayer and WordPad). Can find duplicates by file name, file extension, file content, file dates, file attributes. The program can also help identify and remove music and or image files that are not only slightly different.
Multiple files, directories, and drives can all be scanned, as well as ZIP or RAR archives (with an optional file size limit), along with filters for file types and/or folders.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Download the "Portable Edition" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch AllDupPortable.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
Similar/alternative apps: | AntiDupl.net |
What's new? | See: http://alldup.de/alldup_help/alldup_version.php |
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MIKLO
on 2017-10-12 15:04
Working as "freeware" for me :) very nice software does all I want and more thanks for job well done.
Special
on 2018-12-23 20:30
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It seems that with v4.2.0 it now phone home no matter what on every startup, 4.1.8 didn't do this and yes, the option "Check for updates on startup" is disabled. |
Phrozen Skype REC (short for RECorder) is an easy-to-use program to automatically record voice conversations on Skype, storing them in either wav or mp3 format.
Note: Version 1 still available here.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Skype |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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What's new? |
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DiskImage helps backup/restore partitions, entire hard disks, USB storage devices, floppy drives and CDs/DVDs to/from files. It supports ZIP compression (and custom compression method for data greater than 2GB), MD5 and SHA1 checksumming, built-in hex editor for sector editing, and various other tools like drive speed and seek test.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP |
Writes settings to: | None |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the installer and extract using Universal Extractor to a folder of your choice. The application files are located in the {app} subfolder. Launch diskimage.exe. |
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marcoc
on 2006-11-25 12:05
I understand that the resulting zip has to be
a
on 2007-08-15 09:26
it looks very useful, but i keep getting this error "failed to open volume (any letter) offset: 0 size: (size of drive in bytes)
RWest
on 2009-02-06 03:16
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this app works also under Vista |
PIM is a file compression utility that targets a new "PIM" archive format that features high performance executable and image compression. It also supports the extraction for various archive formats, including ZIP, JAR, PK3, PK4, QUAKE PAK and QUAD.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch pim.exe. |
Latest comments |
Queue
on 2008-03-20 01:01
The main reason you wouldn't use --lzma with UPX is for speed; NRV is faster. Although both tend to be so fast it doesn't matter, the size difference also usually doesn't matter.
Technomancer
on 2009-02-11 07:11
I quite like its simplicity though it could do with some sort of progress meter.
donald
on 2010-06-11 06:25
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I could not download this from the homepage, I could not even find a valid link there, nor a listing for v2.90 |
WinAuth generates 2nd-factor authentication codes. The program provides either counter or time-based RFC 6238 authentication and common implementations, such as the Google Authenticator. Supported services include Bitcoin trading and games sites Battle.net (World of Warcraft, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Diablo), Guild Wars 2, Glyph (Rift and ArcheAge), WildStar, RuneScape, SWTOR and Steam.
Windows 7 users should download the "NET35.zip" version from the GitHub page.
As of 2019, this app is no longer in development.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder. |
Dependencies: | .NET 4.5 (.NET 3.7 for Windows 7 users). |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source/GPL3 |
How to extract: |
Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. In the same folder, create a file called winauth.xml with the following contents: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?> <WinAuth version="3.5"> <alwaysontop>false</alwaysontop> <usetrayicon>false</usetrayicon> <notifyaction>Notification</notifyaction> <startwithwindows>false</startwithwindows> <autosize>true</autosize> <width>0</width> <height>0</height> </WinAuth> Launch WinAuth.exe. |
What's new? |
Full changelog at https://github.com/winauth/winauth/releases. |
Latest comments |
Midas
on 2019-12-11 10:14
Beta release v3.6.2 also available from https://github.com/winauth/winauth/releases/.
freakazoid
on 2023-07-06 22:03
@HairyPorter I know it's late, but I just upvoted this useful app so others can find it :)
h13.Bishop
on 2023-07-07 03:02
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Come on. I thought it came alive) |
SpinZip compresses files in one of three unique ways:
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes. "Check for updates" (DCUpdate file) is not stealth. It writes SpinZip.dcupdateredirect file to user\all\DonationCoder\DcUpdater\RedirectFiles |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SpinZip.exe. |
Latest comments |
misan
on 2014-01-06 10:37
Also not stealth: %TEMP%\$$$$$_SpinZip_temp
Midas
on 2014-01-06 13:38
Please see http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=2566#comment25571 (as comments engine breaks the anchor from the link, you'll have to copy and paste it) ...
Checker
on 2014-01-06 18:15
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@ misan: If you klick on the little "?"-icon behind "Stealth" ... |
A43 is a file manager with integrated text editor, integrated zip/unzip functions, file search, quick launch area and dual-pane view. Includes favorite area for often-used folders.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch A43.exe. |
What's new? |
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Napiophelios
on 2013-02-15 03:37
Updated website url,
Ennovy
on 2015-12-22 17:56
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Website is down. |
Simplyzip is a multi-archiver program that supports numerous formats, including ZIP, ACE, CAB, RAR, TAR, GZIP, LZH, BZ2 etc. It has additional functions such as ACE/ZIP repair tool, file encryption/decryption, multi-ZIP spanning etc.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch SimplyZip.exe |
Latest comments |
Onesimus Prime
on 2009-02-24 20:26
There is now a "Simplyzip Portable Version" available on his page: http://www.paehl.de/Simplyzip_SFX.exe
Lassar
on 2009-03-11 17:17
I tested SimplyZip on www.virustotal.com
__philippe
on 2017-03-29 00:24
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Alt Commander is a dual-pane file manager that includes a built-in FTP client, internal packer/unpacker for ZIP, interval viewer (for JPEG, GIF, BMP, DIB, PNG, WMF, EMF, TGA, ICO, CUR, ANI), batch rename tool, image converter, etc.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch altcmd.exe. |
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Jon
on 2008-01-06 01:10
I am pretty ticked off at this program. I installed it, and did not like it at all. Tried to UNinstall it, and very tough. It's not on the Windows menu, no where in the XP add / remove control panel. I am using Norton, which will hopefully uninstall all of it from the registry.
Pikadude No. 1
on 2008-07-24 12:37
Uh, Jon? *None* of the programs listed on this site can be uninstalled; you just delete them when you don't want them any more.
chint2
on 2010-01-26 23:24
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uh, Pikadude, FreeCommander can be uninstalled. Shows up in the control panel and has an uninstall routine. Beware of Alt Commander. Do not trust a program that does not offer uninstall or document what was done in the installation process. |
muCommander is a Java-based skinnable, tabbed file manager with a dual-pane interface. The tool connects to a many online services such as FTP, SFTP, SMB, HTTP, Amazon S3, Bonjour, HDFS (Hadoop), NFS and more. File copying includes transfer verification, rate of speed controls and transfer visualization. It can open and create a variety of archive types as well as view and modify ZIP files without recompression. The program can batch rename, change permissions/date and hash files or folders with a variety of algorithms.
Cross-platform (Mac, Linux, *BSD) and available in 27 languages.
Alternatively, an outdated X-muCommander is also available.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | jPortable |
Stealth: ? | No. Saves some temporary information to %TEMP% |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Multi Commander |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/mucommander/mucommander/releases |
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Danix
on 2011-04-08 21:37
winPenPack has released X-muCommander Portable.
appsuser
on 2019-12-10 09:11
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This program still supports SMB 1.0, which is no longer supported by Windows 10. Very useful if you have older devices and don't want to make your Windows 10 insecure by re-enabling this protocol. |
QuickViewer is a fast, versatile and customizable graphics viewer. View features include full screen, spread format, slideshow and various zoom options. The program supports drag and drop, always on top, history, bookmarks, catalogs, customizable shortcut keys, EXIF information and automatic rotation according to EXIF, send image to mail client, rich context menu and more.
Formats supported include common graphics (BMP, PNG, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, TGA, ICO, WEBP, DDS), animation (APNG, GIF), archives and comic books archives (7Z, RAR, ZIP, CBR, CBZ) and raw image formats (Canon- CRW & CR2, Nicon- NEF, Ricoh- DNG, Sony- ARW etc.).
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL v3.0 |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch QuickViewer.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | FastStone Image Viewer, Honeyview, IrfanView, XnView |
What's new? |
See: https://github.com/kanryu/quickviewer/releases |
Celtx is a specialized tool for writing and formatting a screenplay to meet the exacting screenplay submission standards set by the theater and film industries. X-Celtx is a portable version of the program.
Alternatively, an earlier, natively portable version is also available (download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice, launch PortableCeltx.exe)
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: |
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What's new? |
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Local
on 2007-09-14 12:38
I tried this a week or so ago and wasn't really impressed.
Tashi
on 2008-01-04 19:04
I've used this software for quite a while. It is specifically for writing screenplays. So if you want to write a script for your short film or a screenplay contest, this software rocks. It is feature rich. Otherwise if you are looking for something browser related, or a word processor, best to look elsewhere.
Taf
on 2011-08-30 12:38
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A more recent and steath release is hosted on wPP site: |
Jpg+FileBinder is able to hide files in a picture file by merging one of three compressed file types (.zip, .rar, .7z) with an ordinary JPEG image file. This basic steganography makes the compressed file look like any other JPEG image file to the operating system and any image viewer. Meanwhile, if users try to open the file using WinRAR or 7-Zip, the compressed files will appear.
This may be used as a camouflage for information or to help transfer non-image format files through image hosting-only services. Note that this program does not include encryption by default and only joins image files and archive files. To enable security, use password-protection provided by your compression program.
Website offline; linking to softpedia (thanks Cattleya).
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Dependencies: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Jpg+FileBinder.exe. |
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anonimice
on 2011-08-03 08:44
I've created a blog for it: http://jpgfilebinder.blogspot.com
Cattleya
on 2013-07-14 16:02
Please, replace old download link for other people who need this tool: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Security-Related/Jpg-FileBinder.shtml
pplknownothin
on 2020-11-01 11:57
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Waste of an application. |
CoView is an image viewer that focuses on viewing comics. It supports special comic archives such as CBR and CBZ, but also standard archives like ZIP or simply saved in folders. Browsing and reading are similar to turning pages and a zoom tool lets you see more detail. Bookmarking lets you continue reading where you left off.
Note: Links broken ... linking to Softpedia.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the portable EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch CoView_portable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Manga Meeya |
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DG
on 2011-08-08 15:25
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Oops, scratch my comment about the F2 directory, it did end up opening a directory in the temp folder. However, upon exiting the program, I went back to the "C:/DocumentsAndSettings/LocalSettings//temp/" folder and the temporary directory it created was gone. |
ExcelPass easily adds password protection to Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF and ZIP files. The program supports drag-and-drop and can quickly encode one or more files to use standard security, meaning it can be opened by compatible viewers and editors, including Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, Adobe Acrobat, and many more. Both read and write protection are available (excluding ZIP files, which do not support write restrictions).
The program can also disable security via the same interface (click the unlock button). Functional in 64-bit.
NOTE: May not work with more recent versions of Windows 10.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Dependencies: | dotNET 4.0 |
License: | MIT (source) |
How to extract: | Download the "no-installer" 7z package and extract to a folder of your choice using a program like PeaExtractor. Launch ExcelPass.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | gpg4usb |
What's new? |
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webfork
on 2016-08-21 20:14
Although there are a variety of other ways to add a password to Office and ZIP files, there is no PDF encryption component (either read or write) in the free versions of PDF-XChange, Foxit, and Adobe Acrobat. As a result, this is a very nice addition for PDF users.
spicydog
on 2017-01-21 12:37
Works fine for zip and pdf files but nothing happens on xls(x) and doc(x) files :(
webfork
on 2017-01-22 20:34
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@spicydog: there is a known bug with creating a read-only password, which is being explored by the author. However, I just recently tested view without issue, and had no issues with DOCX or ZIP files. Files were generated with Office 2010 and 7zip. Please post in forums (or on the github page) if you keep having issues. |
Toucan is an advanced synchronization and backup tool with a variety of options including mirroring, incremental (only copy what's changed), encrypted, compression and many more. File sets can be added or excluded using name, size, date, or regular expressions.
Compression formats include ZIP or 7-zip, and all encryption uses standard AES 256. Includes command line tools and advanced scripting for automated / batch jobs.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic compensation for dynamic drive letter in removable storage devices |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Toucan.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/PortableApps/Toucan/blob/master/help/source/changelog.txt |
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Meks
on 2009-02-23 05:05
Same with me, doesn't work from the stick.
billie
on 2009-03-14 07:57
nothing comes close to rsync. Go check it out then you'll agree.
Mixture
on 2012-09-18 21:48
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I have used version 2.2.1 for years and have had no problems at all. |
Opera is a fast and secure web browser with tabbed, customizable interface. Features integrated searches, themes, device sync, mouse gestures, and built-in ad blocking. Also available is a service that includes a bookmarks and password sync along with an "off-road" mode that uses server-side compression to speed up browsing especially for low speed internet connections (account signup required). A variety of add-ons are available to extend functionality.
Based on Google Chrome, the program is available for Mac, Linux, Android and a variety of mobile phones and tablets. Opera v12 (Presto) is also available and includes many features not present in the newer version.
Alternative Portable versions:
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. HKCU\Software\Opera Software, HKCU\Software\MozillaPlugins, HKLM\Software\MozillaPlugins. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Adware (was initially freeware when added to the database) |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Vivaldi, Google Chrome Portable |
What's new? | See:https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2022/07/opera-89-stable/ |
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PAFuser
on 2019-03-07 10:40
Like Opera, just wish it did not updates every week. Another today, never know what is updated, security, or unimportant.
PAFuser
on 2019-04-09 11:04
Upgraded to 60, only 1 extension icon is visible. Does anyone know how to get them back? They can not be used when invisible.
PAFuser
on 2019-04-10 17:44
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Simple solution, download new installer, install to new location, add all extensions to Opera, change settings, import bookmarks. Easy upgrade, HA! |