Portable Payware Discussion
PortableApps.com Platform is an all-in-one tool for portable software download, management and updating. An included launcher shows nested folders organized automatically by function or favorite status, as well as a cascading app view on right-click of the tray icon. The program's appearance can be customized with transparency and several color, texture, and background options.
Other tools include a find-as-you-type search functionality, available cloud installation, drive error checker, backup/restore utility, portable fonts, automatic application closing on shutdown and more. The program can also work with portable software outside of the PortableApps format (see Extract instructions).
Functional in 64-bit and WINE, includes broad language support and proxy support.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: |
To add non-PortableApps applications place the program in its own subfolder under the \PortableApps subfolder and press F5 or restart. The new app will appear in the launcher menu under Other. |
Similar/alternative apps: | AutoRun LWMenu |
What's new? | See: https://portableapps.com/platform/changelog |
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ihateyou
on 2013-03-15 21:39
The PortableApps Platform has been updated (a few times) since this was last updated.
shnbwmn
on 2018-05-10 03:26
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Latest version (v15.0) now supports .NET programs, the first of which appears to be KeePass Professional (or 2.x). |
PortableApps.com AppCompactor allows you to compress whole directories including applications, file libraries and zip files. The program is a powerful compression tool that unites 7-Zip and UPX inside a user-friendly wizard. For applications, this saves disk space and increases performance when running from a slow media (like flash drives). For archives, this will recompress DLL, EXE, ZIP, JAR, IRC, PYD and BIN files to their maximum compression settings, as well as an option to decompress an app's binary files that were previously compressed with UPX.
All files are tested using UPX's test feature after compressing. Files smaller than 4K are automatically skipped as compressing will not save space on the drive. The standard Microsoft Visual C runtimes are skipped to prevent antivirus false-positives. Advanced configuration can be done with apps in PortableApps.com Format.
Note: As UPX will alter the EXEs and DLLs (reversible using the Decompress option in the AppCompactor) and some apps may have issues with Zip or Jar files compressed further, users should backup software and test it after processing.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PortableApps.comAppCompactor.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | ArcThemAll |
What's new? | See: https://portableapps.com/news/2024-05-15--portableapps.com-appcompator-3.7.4-released |
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webfork
on 2010-09-15 20:07
tommyD: Disadvantages are that it breaks some programs, and it may be slightly more CPU-intensive to decompress libraries and executables on the fly.
double0
on 2011-04-13 05:31
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I agree with wf; where is operaportable? |
CherryTree is an hierarchical note-taking application. It features rich-text formatting, syntax highlighting, spell-checking, image insertion and password protection. Data is stored in a single XML or SQLite file. Import from plaintext, HTML or your favorite note-taker, including Zim, Treepad, Keynote, Mempad and RedNotebook. Export to PDF, HTML or plaintext files.
Cross platform with versions available for Linux. CherryTree Portable is a portable wrapper for CherryTree.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes. However, enabling spell-checking creates the folder "enchant" in AppData\Local |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Flashnote |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/giuspen/cherrytree/blob/master/changelog.txt |
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Ennovy
on 2023-12-17 09:47
How to extract 2. should be: "for portable config put config.cfg in portable folder root, beside license.txt" Source: https://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/#downl
Andrew Lee
on 2023-12-20 07:08
@Ennovy: Though worded slightly differently, they seem to mean the same thing? Basically just create an empty "config.cfg" in the root folder, a rather typical technique used by many other portable apps.
Ennovy
on 2023-12-20 08:47
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@Andrew: I had already changed it. Before that the instruction was to create the config file in the bin directory which is incorrect. |
SeaMonkey is a complete internet suite with web browser, email & newsgroup client with an included web feed reader, easy HTML editor, IRC chat and web development tools. The browser supports fine-grained controls over images, cookies and more on a per-site basis. Based on Netscape Communicator and then Mozilla Suite, this software bundle includes many technologies used in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird and supports many of their add-ons.
SeaMonkey, Portable Edition is a version of the software from PortableApps.com and works automatically with web-based Java apps if their jPortable tool is present.
For those using Windows XP and Vista, the last supported version was 2.49.5.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SeaMonkeyPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Mozilla Firefox, Pale Moon Portable, Opera |
What's new? | See: https://www.seamonkey-project.org/news |
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Midas
on 2020-10-21 14:38
For details on why Seamonkey Portable isn't being updated, please see https://portableapps.com/node/60496.
loin2kolpotoru
on 2021-01-30 07:56
Entry should be updated Seamonkey is no longer compatible with XP
freakazoid
on 2021-01-30 13:14
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@loin2kolpotoru I've updated the compatibility field and added a note about last supported XP/Vista version. |
Google Chrome is a web browser designed for simplicity and speed. Its minimalistic appearance and capabilities can be extended with themes and extensions. The program integrates with Google's tools and services, and can sync across other signed-in devices.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac, Linux, Android and iOS.
Google Chrome Portable is the PortableApps version of the program. It includes automatic support for jPortable to enable web-based Java apps. For users interested in the cutting edge, Beta and Development are also available. For Windows versions from XP to 8, see past versions.
Note: Starting in v125, Chrome silently stopped supporting portable versions, which noticeably stopped supporting portable printing (including saving as PDF). Starting in v126, Chrome Portable bypasses it by hardcoding the command line parameter --disable-features=PrintCompositorLPAC (see the disable-features command line).
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Runs on: | Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Uses Windows' certificate manager, some Settings/Extensions Locked Per PC (see "App Notes" on website). |
Unicode support: | Partial |
Path portability: | Automatic compensation for dynamic drive letter in removable storage devices |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Download the portable installer and install to a folder of your choice. Launch GoogleChromePortable.exe. NOTE:
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Similar/alternative apps: | X-Chromium, Slimjet |
What's new? | See: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/search/label/Stable updates |
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Stephen Leibowitz
on 2023-07-31 09:28
“Over the years [Chrome] has gained a reputation for being something of a resource hog, gobbling up your PC’s memory like it’s going out of style.” Starting with version 108, the Chrome desktop browser has a feature called Memory Saver that deactivates tabs that aren’t currently being used. When a user accesses a deactivated tab, it automatically reloads. A user can turn Memory Saver on or off. A user can also exclude specific sites from Memory Saver, keeping tabs for those sites active. See:
lwc
on 2024-06-15 07:15
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I've added a note (with references) that portable versions of Chrome are no longer supported. They still work, but with bypasses and an uncertain future. |
Firefox Browser is a fast, powerful and secure web browser that supports open standards and many of the latest web technologies. The program includes smart search, bookmark management, web development tools and built-in download manager. Smart content blocking for ads and trackers is available in both standard and private browsing modes.
Versions available for Mac, Android, iOS and Linux with synchronisation of passwords and browser state across devices. Additional features and customisations are available via the add-on system, which allows for thousands of specialized functions.
Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition is a special build licensed by Mozilla and includes both the 32-bit and 64-bit builds and selects the appropriate one for each PC. Beta, Developer, Extended Release, and Win 7/8/8.1 and XP/Vista versions are also available.
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Runs on: | Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Launcher: GPL, Program: MPL v. 2.0 |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FirefoxPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Pale Moon Portable, SeaMonkey Portable |
What's new? | See: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/releasenotes/ |
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PAFuser
on 2020-06-11 12:24
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64 bit system: save 181 MB by deleting firefox folder, and renaming firefox64 to firefox. Beta, standard, and ESR work fine. |
Transmission is a simple and easy-to-use BitTorrent client supporting bandwidth controls, a web interface, peer exchange, magnet support and the ability to watch directories. Advanced tools include blocklist support, required encryption, webseed support, tracker editing. Includes DHT, µTP, UPnP and NAT-PMP port forwarding.
Transmission Portable is PortableApps.com version of the program.
Functional in 64-bit.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | GNU GPL |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch TransmissionPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | qBitTorrent Portable, Tixati, uTorrent, Halite |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/transmission/transmission/releases |
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Midas
on 2016-01-01 16:32
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Please check the forum topic (from http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=75793#p75793) for v2.84.4 re-release notice, 2 later 'unofficial' versions and info about the 64-bit release... |
Q-Dir is a quad-pane file explorer that supports favorites, file/color filtering, export to XLS/CSV/TXT/HTML, screen magnifier, quick preview etc.
Alternately, Q-Dir Portable at PortableApps.com automatically switches between 32/64-bit and is approved by the publisher.
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Q-Dir.exe or Q-Dir_x64.exe (for64-bit OS). |
Similar/alternative apps: | CubicExplorer, Tablacus Explorer |
What's new? | See: https://softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/Q-Dir/History |
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Ennovy
on 2023-09-26 00:26
@pendrive: It was just a friendly question, I did't mean to offend you in any way
Midas
on 2023-09-26 09:18
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@Pendrive: please don't. Your input is highly appreciated. Would you consider improving your rank by participating in forum discussions, for instance? |
Notepad++ is a tabbed source code editor and Notepad replacement with a customizable interface. Includes source code "folding", allowing users to quickly reduce and expand sections of code to see the overall document. In addition, it features multi-language syntax highlighting, auto-completion, Perl-compatible regular expression search/replace, macro recording and playback, document map etc.
A host of additional functionality is available via the plugins admin view, including tools for file analysis, programming languages, viewers, calculations, user interface and many more.
Alternatively, Notepad++ Portable and the outdated X-Notepad++ clean the local folder.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | AkelPad, PSPad, EditPad Lite |
What's new? | Changelog at: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/. |
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PAFuser
on 2022-01-19 09:26
8.2 does not seem to have sessions check box under general tab, and session does not seem to load or save. Any comments?
Mike.S.G.
on 2022-01-20 09:43
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@PAFuser |
Telegram is an easy-to-use, secure messaging and VoIP service. The program can be installed on multiple locations and devices, and will synchronize with all connected tools. It supports video calls, broadcast messages, huge chat rooms and can transfer any file type, up to 1.5 gigs each.
Important note: the desktop version is treated as just a secondary program, see Dependencies.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac, Linux, iOS, Android and as a web app. A PortableApps version is also available.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder, Windows registry |
Dependencies: | Already being logged in at Telegram in another device, and confirming against the other device via QR or a Telegram message (replacing the more liberal past requirement of "just" having a phone number that can receive SMS/automated calls). |
Stealth: ? | No. HKCU\Software\TelegramDesktop By default, the program downloads media and documents into its own folder. To remove extra files and improve privacy, enter Settings > Advanced > Data and Storage > Download path > Default folder to "Temp Folder, cleared on logout". |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch telegram.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | RetroShare, IsoToxin |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/releases. |
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FireRabbit
on 2018-06-26 13:03
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v1.3.8 - the BIG new feature here is that you can now export/backup your data. |
Password Safe is a database for encrypting sensitive information. Once opened with a master password, you can copy a password and paste it directly into your application. Alternatively, Password Safe supports "Auto Type" that enters the username and password into the target application by simulating keystrokes.
The database is encrypted using the Twofish encryption algorithm. A Linux version (currently in Beta) is also available from the website.
Alternatively, Password Safe Portable and the outdated X-Password Safe are stealth.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Creates a folder in %LocalAppData% and %UserProfile%\My Documents. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Artistic License 2.0 |
How to extract: |
Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
Similar/alternative apps: | KeePass, Password Gorilla, Yadabyte Passwords |
What's new? | See: https://pwsafe.org/news.shtml |
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outatime
on 2016-03-05 17:24
fyi new website
IanFromBarrie
on 2017-04-01 03:52
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This version does not run on XP. The last version that did is 3.38.02, which can be accessed from sourceforge through the download page on the pwsafe.org site. There was some suggestion last year that 3.40 might be fixed to run on XP, but not so far, it seems |
Process Explorer is an advanced task manager. It is an indispensable tool for both beginners and power users. I use it all the time to kill tasks that refuse to be killed, or find what which processes are still holding on to a particular file or DLL so it refuses to be deleted.
Alternatively, Process Explorer Portable is also available, which is stealth.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Windows registry |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Process Hacker |
What's new? | See: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/#whats-new-rss-icon |
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Mench59
on 2024-02-13 11:10
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Hello, could someone tell me what the differences are with Process Hacker? |
7-Zip is an archive manager that can view and create a wide variety of formats. The program includes folder favorites, optional two-pane view, checksum calculator, file split/combine capability and more. Individual archives can be created with high speed or high compression settings, update options (including update, add/replace, synchronize), split volumes and more. Archives can be secured with standard zip or more secure AES encryption.
Although the official archiver for the open, high-compression "7z" format, the program also supports the creation of multiple formats including ZIP, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR and WIM. It will extract a long list of other formats, among them RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, RPM, VHD, VMDK etc. Even more formats are supported through third-party plugins. Supports many world languages.
Additionally, to use alternative toolbar and file icons, 7-Zip Theme Manager is available.
7-Zip Portable is a wrapper from PortableApps.com, auto-detecting 32 or 64-bit automatically. Alternatively, X-7zip is also available.
There is also a 7-Zip standalone console version.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch 7-ZipPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | PeaZip, IZArc, BandiZip |
What's new? | See: https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/bbe6861abe/ |
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freakazoid
on 2024-02-02 21:52
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@hamasaki - It's stealth to me. I don't see anything written to HKCU\Software\7Zip. |
Foxit Reader is a fast PDF viewer that includes annotation capabilities, Javascript support, interactive form filler and built-in text converter. The interface includes text reading, two page view, rotation, autoscroll, text view, skins, measuring, text and background color replacement and supports drag-and-drop. Annotation tools include text "sticky notes" and standard text boxes, as well as form data import and export. Can insert images, bookmarks and files (including audio and video).
Includes PDF Standard 1.7 compatibility, support for the Adobe Portfolio format, Sharepoint integration, as well as command-line features and various signing tools (for both physical signatures and digital via DocuSign). Cross platform (Mac, iOS, and Android).
Version note: Foxit Reader Portable is the PortableApps.com version of the program. The standard installer version of this program from the Foxit website is bundleware, adding a hard-to-remove browser toolbar. A pro version is available with additional features.
Functional in 64-bit.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Adware (rotates pro features in top right corner) |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FoxitReaderPortable.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language files from App\Foxit Reader\Lang\. |
Similar/alternative apps: |
PDF-XChange Editor, PDF-XChange Viewer Xelitan PDF Reader (8MB) |
What's new? | See: https://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf-reader/version-history.html |
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juverax
on 2024-03-15 10:24
@Cornflower: It is true that the first duckduck.go links point to pages that actually do not host the "desired" version. But further down in the list of pages, I could download the file from https://en.taiwebs.com/windows/download-foxit-reader-portable-3493.html
JohnTHaller
on 2024-03-15 10:37
I added 2023.2 as a legacy download for you: https://portableapps.com/apps/office/foxit_reader_portable#download_details
juverax
on 2024-03-15 11:52
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@JohnTHaller : Thank you for posting this earlier version. I deleted the one I got from my "unknown potentially unreliable web page". |
VeraCrypt is volume encryption software that functions like an attached drive, making it possible to actively work with data like any other drive until the volume is dismounted. The program supports favorites, hot keys, hardware acceleration, and auto-mount options. Includes a variety of available tools for added security including keyfiles, security tokens, hidden volumes, auto-dismount, cascaded encryption and cached password management.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux. Alternatively, VeraCrypt Portable is also available.
VeraCrypt is based on the inactive TrueCrypt, attempting to solve some of the program's documented weaknesses. The program can open and convert TrueCrypt volumes.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | No. Writes "LEGACY_VERACRYPT" driver settings to the registry. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | TrueCrypt |
What's new? | See: https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Release Notes.html |
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giulia
on 2024-05-26 02:14
VeraCryptv1.26.7 is old , not released in 25 may 2024
Ennovy
on 2024-05-26 04:10
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The release notes show: v1.26.10 (November 8th, 2023). After changing the entry on May 25 I noticed on the download page: Latest Stable Release - 1.26.7 (Sunday October 1st, 2023) |
calibre is a feature-rich e-book library management application with a variety of useful functions including viewer, addendums, editor, online book and news search/download. The software can perform detailed searches, convert e-books to device-specific formats, batch metadata tools, and a content server for online access to your collection.
The program syncs automatically with many different physical devices. It supports a variety of ebook and document formats.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux. Alternatively, Calibre Portable and an outdated X-calibre, as well as a WinXP-compatible version are also available.
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Runs on: | Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Requires 64-bit Windows |
Stealth: ? | No. HKCU\Software\Trolltech |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the "portable installer" and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch calibre-portable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | TEBookConverter |
What's new? |
See: https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new For details on the major changes in calibre between 7.0 and 6.0, see https://calibre-ebook.com/new-in/sixteen |
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NOTE: Recent press about CCleaner indicates it may represent a privacy concern.
CCleaner is a feature-rich system optimization and privacy tool. The program cleans unused, temporary and log files from your system, as well as traces of online activities such as Internet history and flash cookies. The program contains startup controls for Windows, major internet browsers and context menu entries. Includes a separate registry cleaner, duplicate search, system restore tool and can wipe both deleted files and drive free space for security.
A 64-bit version is available (within the folder). Monitoring functions are only available in the pro version.
Additional cleaner rules can be using an unofficial set of community-developed set. It should be noted that many of these rules are alpha and the developers will not provide support for these rules, a thread in the users forum is dedicated to supporting the add-on rules.
Alternatively, ccPortable is also available.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: |
If the "Portable" ZIP package is not yet available:
Don't forget to disable usage data sharing in 'Options' - 'Privacy'. |
Similar/alternative apps: | BleachBit, PrivaZer |
What's new? | See: https://www.ccleaner.com/ccleaner/version-history |
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Ennovy
on 2022-08-27 15:06
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I confirm writing to the registry (Windows 11): |
Rufus, or Reliable USB Formatting Utility (with Source), is a small and fast utility that helps create bootable external drives, such as USB keys/pendrives, memory sticks etc. The program is ideal for use with installation media from ISOs (Windows, Linux etc.) for working on a system without an OS, flashing device BIOS or other firmware, or you want to run a low-level system utility.
Functional on 64-bit systems.
Rufus Portable also available.
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Runs on: | Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" rufus-X.Xp.exe to a folder of your choice and launch. |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/releases |
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PapaiMark
on 2022-07-02 20:15
Use v 2.x on machines older than 2011 (core, core2, quad) to make bootable usb.
Midas
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@PapaiMark: as there is both a changelog link and a dedicated forum thread, changes info like what you posted are better suited for the later, thus avoiding drowning any user comments in the steady stream of updates. |
FastCopy is a file copy and synchronization tool with a variety of available extras. It uses different strategies (multi-threading, buffering) to help ensure maximum device throughput, as well as optional verification to make sure data is transferred correctly. It does not use the system cache, so other processes do not get bogged down during the copy process and a speed setting is also available, including pause. It supports Unix-style include/exclude wildcards filters.
Alternatively, PortableApps.com packages the last open source version as FastCopy Portable.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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What's new? | See: https://fastcopy.jp/help/fastcopy_eng.htm#history |
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JohnTHaller
on 2024-05-06 20:50
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5.7.5 is the last version that works on Windows XP. It's available from the fcpyPortable homepage on PortableApps.com. |
Mozilla Thunderbird is a skinnable, feature-rich email, calendar, task and instant messaging client with support for plugins and many protocols. It comes with advanced search tools, message filtering, Bayesian spam detector, built-in spell checker, mailbox compression and many more. Program features can be extended with add-ons, including a specialized version of email encryption tool GPG.
Email protocols include SMTP, POP3, IMAP (including uploads, albeit a date issue), NNTP and RSS and chat support for IRC, Twitter, XMPP, Google Talk, and Matrix. Also supports OAuth for use with accounts that require it instead of a password.
Mozilla Thunderbird, Portable Edition is a special build licensed by Mozilla. Alternatively, X-Thunderbird is also available. For XP/Vista, version 52.9.1 is available here.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes. Note that available add-ons may or may not break stealth status, writing to AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Launcher: GPL, Thunderbird: MPL |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ThunderbirdPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | i.Scribe, Sylpheed |
What's new? | See: https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/releases/ |
Latest comments |
i_messed_up
on 2020-05-22 15:13
I've noticed a folder in AppData/Roaming/Thunderbird/Crash Reports containing a file "InstallTime20191031083309" and an empty folder "events."
i_messed_up
on 2020-05-30 22:26
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Also found this key in the registry: Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Thunderbird\Crash Reporter |
SMPlayer is a feature-rich, skinnable player that views most media without any dependency on installed codecs, as well as streaming media, Youtube and DVD video. Audio, video and subtitle settings for individual files are all remembered between sessions so you can start again exactly where and how you left off. Supports subtitle downloading, youtube support, audio and subtitles delay adjustment, equalizer, filters, playlist support and much more.
The program is a frontend for MPlayer and mpv that also works on Linux. Alternatively, SMPlayer Portable (stealth and adjusts paths) and the outdated X-SMPlayer and are also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes. Under Options, Preferences, select Advanced, Advanced, and make sure Pass short filenames (8+3) to MPlayer is selected. |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" 7Z package (32- or 64-bit) and extract using a 7-Zip-compatible program to a folder of your choice. Launch smplayer.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | MPC-HC, VLC, PotPlayer |
What's new? |
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dmiranda
on 2021-08-22 14:04
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It doesn't work on XP anymore. https://msfn.org/board/topic/176299-latest-version-of-software-running-on-xp/?do=findComment&comment=1203550 |
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a powerful photo and image editor for composition and authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, a high quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter and much more.
The program is cross-platform with versions available for Mac and Linux. GIMP Portable is the PortableApps version of the program.
Notes:
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch GIMPPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | TwistedBrush Open Studio, PhotoFiltre, PhotoDemon, PixBuilder Studio, paint.net |
What's new? | See https://www.gimp.org/news/2024/05/05/gimp-2-10-38-released/ |
Latest comments |
JohnTHaller
on 2013-07-10 13:27
There was a typo in the download URL on launch day that was fixed within an hour or so.
freakazoid
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1GB for this app. Yikes! If you do not need advanced editing, try PixBuilder Studio at a fraction of the size. |
PeaZip is a feature-rich file archiver with broad support for 200+ file types. The file manager interface includes a hash tool, file wipe, file associations, file splitter, themes, estimated compression level, system benchmark, image crop/rename and much more.
Formats supported include most mainstream archive formats, including ZIP, 7Z, ACE, BZIP2, CAB, GZIP, TAR, UPX, ZIPX, as well as it's own PEA format. Can extact but not create MSI and RAR files.
Note that tools setup through the Task Scheduler are not portable.
Cross platform with clients for Mac, Linux, and BSD, as well as a 64-bit version is available. Alternatively, PeaZip Portable portablizes bookmarks and includes both 32 and 64-bit versions, automatically using the proper one on each PC.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU LGPL |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch peazip.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | 7-Zip, IZArc, Bandizip |
What's new? | See: https://peazip.github.io/changelog.html |
Latest comments |
AndTheWolf
on 2014-11-16 17:37
Download link (http://www.peazip.org/peazip-portable.html) raises a 404 "not found" error. Link instead just to http://www.peazip.org/ or to http://peazip.sourceforge.net/peazip-portable.html.
Happy.Camper2
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My experience with PeaZip is to go to: |
PotPlayer is a feature-rich media player that plays hundreds of different video and audio formats without any dependency on installed codecs, as well as streaming media and DVD video. The program includes configurable subtitles, audio and subtitles delay adjustment, video equalizer, 3D capabilities, playlist support, bookmarks, audio visualizations etc.
The program can also capture video sequences and record audio, split video and add processing filters. It can sleep or shut down the computer after a timer finishes or at a set time.
Alternatively, PotPlayer Portable is also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Optionally, remove the following folders: $COMMONFILES, $PLUGINSDIR, and $SYSDIR |
Similar/alternative apps: | Media Player Classic - Home Cinema, VLC Media Player |
What's new? |
See: https://t1.daumcdn.net/potplayer/PotPlayer/v4/Update2/UpdateEng.html |
Latest comments |
Andrew Lee
on 2023-07-08 08:07
@loin2kolpotoru: Any reference for this? The official website and a couple of places I search seems to indicate that it still supports WinXP.
loin2kolpotoru
on 2023-07-09 14:58
I have personally tried to install latest version of PotPlayer on xp but it displayed error message PotPlayer only supports vista or later os.
Andrew Lee
on 2023-07-10 01:49
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@loin2kolpotoru: Thanks for the info! I have updated the entry and removed XP support. |
TreeSize Free shows you instantly which files or folders are taking up the most space on your harddisk without using heavy system resources or reading the drive extensively.
Alternatively, TreeSize Free Portable is pre-configured to be portable, automatically adjusts paths and is stealth.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Creates an empty JAM Software\TreeSize Free folder in %AppData%. If the context menu integration is enabled/disabled, settings will be written to that folder. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Liteware |
How to extract: |
Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch TreeSizeFree.exe. Optionally, to disable automatic update check on start-up:
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Similar/alternative apps: | GetFolderSize |
What's new? | See: https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/changes.shtml |
Latest comments |
Ennovy
on 2022-08-22 11:29
Versie 4.6 is now provided as a 64-bit application. If you still have a 32-bit Windows operating system, continue to use V4.5.
tixop
on 2024-05-24 13:55
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No longer free on Win Server OSes [yes, I use Win Server 2022 as my desktop on my home PC]. Version 4.7.2 still available at the time of writing at: |
RedNotebook is a modern journal that includes a calendar navigation, customizable templates, export functionality and a "cloud" box containing frequently used words and tags. The program also includes spell check, formatting, insert images, files and links, automatic backup, templates, export to multiple formats. You can also format, tag and search your entries. Your data is stored in plain text files - no database needed.
Cross-platform and available in more than 30 languages. Alternatively, RedNotebook Portable is stealth, smaller, re-opens your last journal and has faster startup times. The outdated X-RedNotebook is also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Creates: %userprofile%\webkit\icondatabase\WebpageIcons.db %userprofile%\.recently-used.xbel |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
Problems? This process requires an up-to-date component (Innounp 0.36 or above) for Universal Extractor. If you have difficulty extracting the files, follow the steps below and retry:
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What's new? | See: https://github.com/jendrikseipp/rednotebook/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md |
Latest comments |
smaragdus
on 2017-06-11 06:08
I cannot find RedNotebook version 2.0 for Windows (as of 2017-06-11):
ashghost
on 2017-09-09 01:36
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@smaragdus: Version 2.2 was recently released for Windows according to changelog here: https://github.com/jendrikseipp/rednotebook/blob/master/CHANGELOG |
FocusWriter is a full-screen word processor that aims for a distraction-free, immersive way to write and edit. The minimalist interface puts options and tools on the edge of the screen and auto-saves progress. Upon relaunch, the program reloads your last file to make make it easy to jump back into your work.
Alternatively, FocusWriter Portable is stealth and automatically adjusts paths.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Leaves multiple Qt-related registry keys. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download "Windows (Portable)" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FocusWriter.exe. |
What's new? |
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Latest comments |
JohnTHaller
on 2013-06-30 17:03
AndTheWolf - It's fixed. Some editors keep pointing to static URLs instead of the download page for some reason. So, when it's updated, the download winds up wrong.
__philippe
on 2018-03-31 15:31
Belatedly noticed FocusWriter's hefty 138MB footprint,
webfork
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philippe: true. I'll add a note that the minimalism refers to the interface. |
Money Manager Ex is a personal finance software that helps you to organize your finances and keeps track of where, when and how the money goes. It is also a great tool to get a bird's eye view of your financial worth. Cross-platform with clients available for Mac, Linux, and Android.
Alternatively, Money Manager Ex Portable is stealth, portablizes the recently used files list and allows the last used file to automatically open. A winPenPack version is also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Writes MRU directories as well as file type association etc. to the registry. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch mmex.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/moneymanagerex/moneymanagerex/releases |
Latest comments |
LucW
on 2011-12-15 09:20
I like this program a lot. Unfortunately it has stopped working on my W7 32bit computer. This has happened befor but then I could get it to work again by running it under XP SP3 compatibility mode, but now nothing helps to get it to work again. This is precisely the kind of software ons does NOT want to stop working. All my data are in the database and I cannot reach it anymore.
Emka
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One could add that there is a version by PortableApps that AFAIK handles the registry entries. |
Audacity is a multi-track sound recorder and editor with support for most audio formats and sophisticated effects such as noise removal and studio reverb. Users can record live audio, compress or convert file types, as well as cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
Cross platform with clients available for Mac and Linux.
Alternatively, Audacity Portable and an outdated X-Audacity are also available.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPL |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Wavosaur |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/releases |
Latest comments |
anon2219
on 2021-12-29 23:12
My understanding is that data collection concerns can be disabled: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/issues/1213#issuecomment-892556317
Ultra7ven
on 2021-12-31 13:06
After years of not being able to just drop-in a recent version of ffmpeg in Audacity's application folder, you can finally just do that.
freakazoid
on 2021-12-31 16:28
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@Ultra7ven - I have a forum post written up about how to set ffmpeg as a portable relative path: https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=101359#p101359 |
jPortable (formerly Java Portable) allows you to easily add a Java runtime environment to your portable device. It can be used in combination with jPortable Launcher to open Java JAR programs (many with their settings made portable) or used automatically with Java-enabled apps like PortableApps.com versions of LibreOffice and OpenOffice as well as web browsers like Chrome/Chromium, Opera, SeaMonkey and Firefox.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware / Partially Open Source |
How to extract: |
Download the EXE and install to the folder CommonFiles\Java relative to the applications that use Java. For example:
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What's new? |
See: https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/8all-relnotes.html#R180_411 |
Latest comments |
SYSTEM
on 2011-03-06 07:57
I've got jPortable working with X-LibreOffice as well. :)
webfork
on 2011-06-21 21:50
freakazoid: jPortable can work independently of PA programs, including muCommander and some others I've tested. I tried to edit the entry to help give some idea of how to make that work.
REVerdi
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CommonFiles\Java64 don't need to be at the root of the app folder. |
WinSCP is a feature-rich tabbed file transfer client with a variety of views including single-window, dual-pane and tree view interfaces. The program supports standard FTP as well as secure connections using WebDav, S3, SSH, SSL/TLS and legacy SCP. The program can search, perform directory synchronization between local and remote, change properties, and edit text/binary files.
Includes support for scripting, task automation, various authentication tools, proxy, SSH tunnels and IPv6.
Alternatively, WinSCP Portable is multilingual and supports PuTTY Portable.
An outdated X-WinSCP, packaged in winPenPack's format, is also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPL |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Bitvise SSH Client, FileZilla |
What's new? | See: https://winscp.net/eng/docs/history |
Latest comments |
dmiranda
on 2024-02-22 07:25
This latest version doesn't seem to work in XP. Last version working is 6.1.2.13797
dmiranda
on 2024-04-20 00:12
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WinSCP v6.3.3 continues to work with XP. I think it's fair to think support has been effectively restored. |
FileZilla is a fast and reliable FTP client, including secure options SFTP and TLS. The program interface includes an easy-to-use tabbed window, drag-and-drop capability, bookmarks, remote and recursive file search, remote file editing and a managable upload/download queue. Internally, it supports connection throttling, keepalive, timeout detection, IPv6, SOCKS 4/5 and HTTP 1.1 proxy etc.
Alternatively, Filezilla Portable is pre-configured as portable and automatically adjusts paths, as well as an outdated X-Filezilla.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux. For Windows XP, an older and unsupported version is available. A portable Filezilla server is available as part of XAMPP.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | WinSCP, Bitvise SSH Client |
What's new? | See changelog: https://filezilla-project.org/versions.php |
Latest comments |
smaragdus
on 2017-05-27 06:44
@giulia
rb161
on 2020-07-27 22:17
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Having used it for many years, Filezilla has lost its way now in my opinion. The irritating pop up balloon on every successful upload is just one of the annoyances. The latest update seemed to corrupt something on my Windows and I was reduced to about one fifteenth of the normal upload speed. Going back to an ancient version hasn't fixed the issue and the portable versions are the same. However WinSCP works fine so it's that for me from now on. |
IrfanView is a viewer for a wide variety of image, audio and video formats. The program includes batch processing, creation of panoramic images, edition of multi-page TIFF files, lossless JPEG rotate/crop and effects such as sharpen and blur. Other tools such as screen capture, scanner, slideshow, plugin support and ability to capture icons from EXE or DLL.
Alternatively, IrfanView Portable is also available and updates drive letters and handles registry keys.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use (the installer is adware) |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | XnView, Imagine, FastStone Image Viewer |
What's new? | See: https://www.irfanview.com/main_history.htm |
Latest comments |
Andrew Lee
on 2022-12-11 05:23
@Cornflower: Seems like the 32-bit ZIP is also available now. I have updated both download links.
Cornflower
on 2023-12-10 08:43
Also note that virtually every new release updates some plugins, and version 4.65 is no exception. Most users may want to go to https://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm and download the 32- or 64-bit package, and dump them into the Irfanview Plugins subdirectory.
Cornflower
on 2024-04-05 13:40
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I notice in 4.67 that the OCR plugin is updated. It suggests using the Tesseract OCR, which I suspect is not portable. When I test it I will be looking to see if it can be made portable, and if it works with 32-bit Irfanview (there are a number of limitations with the 64-bit Irfanview so I am staying there). |
Blender is a powerful, integrated 3D creation software suite with character/solids modeling, animation, rendering, rigging, shading, motion tracking and post-processing tools. It lets users create high quality 3D graphics, movies and replay real-time, interactive 3D content. Its features can be extended with a variety of plug-ins, scripts, templates and more.
Cross platform (Mac, Linux). The program has been used for a wide variety of functions, including VFX, video edition, modeling etc.
Alternatively:
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
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What's new? | See https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes |
Latest comments |
webfork
on 2012-04-28 23:06
Added a note about films because I watched that Sintel short film created with Blender, which was in some areas even better than the work Pixar and Dreamworks are putting out commercially.
Checker
on 2012-10-03 18:17
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Watch Blender's fourth Open Movie "Tears of Steel" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6MlUcmOul8 |
LibreOffice is a complete productivity suite including word processor, spreadsheet, presentations, database, drawing tool and more. Includes strong compatibility for 100s of file formats including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio etc.). The program is similar to OpenOffice, a program that it was derived from, but has added many new features and improvements.
LibreOffice Portable is a special build developed in conjunction with the publisher. On systems without Java installed, some functions such as document creation wizards and the Base database application etc. can be enabled by adding jPortable, though this is optional and can be skipped if those functions are not needed. Alternatively, X-LibreOffice (64-bit version) is also available.
Other available portable versions:
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic compensation for dynamic drive letter in removable storage devices |
License: | GPL/LGPL |
How to extract: | Download the portable installer and install to a folder of your choice. Launch LibreOfficePortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | OpenOffice, FreeOffice |
What's new? | See: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/ |
Latest comments |
CornHolio the Gringo
on 2020-08-28 22:29
LibreOffice 6.4.7 is last ever version for 6 series?
NunoEFSilva
on 2021-05-01 12:41
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The most capable Portable Freeware Office. |
Qmmp (Qt-based MultiMedia Player) is a feature-rich player with support for most popular audio formats, global hot-keys, and various included sound enhancements. The program uses the familiar 3-window structure with spectrum analyzer, a 10-band equalizer, and playlist similar to Winamp.
The program includes tremendous skin support, including thousands from Winamp and the XMMS project.
Supports format conversion, visualization, lyrics, cover art, CUE sheets, tray control, CDDB and ReplayGain support, removable device detection and more. Also supported is a variety of plugins for stereo correction, crossfade, stereo-to-mono, etc.
Cross-platform (FreeBSD, Linux) and available in 26 world languages. A PortableApps version is also available.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
Optionally, you may delete unnecessary language files from translations sub-folder. |
Similar/alternative apps: | 1by1, AIMP, foobar2000, Spider Player Pro, Xion |
What's new? |
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Latest comments |
shnbwmn
on 2016-07-24 13:02
Nice little player. The website has a page with plugins, but it's slightly misleading. The "Qmmp Plugin Pack" download directs to the player itself, and the others require building from source/installed dependencies.
MIKLO
on 2017-01-15 17:15
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@Realist, I believe the more we have the better they will all get or they go away, after all competition makes the world go round. I would agree if all are the exact same then it is a waste, but coders usually try and add something more useful that the last version doesn't have. Just my thoughts. :) |
Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Studio is a powerful and flexible screen recording and screencasting tool. The program includes real-time recording, broadcasting, and audio mixing and layouts. The "scene" system allows building custom input settings with numerous audio and video sources (multiple microphones, webcam, applications, screens etc.). Available filters allow for automatic, live filtering including crop, color correction, sharpen, chroma key, audio gain and more.
Cross-platform with versions available for Mac and Linux. Alternatively, PortableApps' OBS Portable is also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch obs32.exe --portable or obs64.exe --portable (for 64-bit OS). |
Similar/alternative apps: | ShareX, Easy Screencast Recorder |
What's new? | See: https://obsproject.com/blog/obs-studio-30-1-release-notes-copy |
Latest comments |
Specular
on 2019-03-05 08:39
@vmars316 - I checked and OBS Studio is QT-based rather than Electron-based (though a different project called Streamlabs OBS is). I've updated the entry.
Yucca
on 2019-06-12 11:35
As of June 12, OBS version 23.2.0 is a release candidate and not the current stable version. The current stable version is 23.1.0. If you post a release candidate, that should be stated in the description so users can know what they are downloading.
rb161
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My recently purchased webcam only works with one version of OBS so I'm unable to upgrade to use new features. I have always had problems playing any video except uncompressed and despite being able to play and edit just about any anything in other software on my PC. Other people have complained about the same issue (videos showing as a black screen) for years but the problem is never addressed by the developers. If you can work around issues such as these or are lucky enough not to be plagued by them, then OBS is nice, light software and recording and streaming work well. |
Wise Program Uninstaller allows the removal of installed software and associated files, extras and other information default installers often leave behind. The program can search for more leftovers after an uninstall or force uninstall stubborn data that stays behind. The program can repair installs and is fully compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit applications.
Alternatively, a PortableApps.com version is also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Revo Uninstaller |
What's new? | See: https://wisecleaner.com/blog_sort_11.html |
Latest comments |
misan
on 2016-03-03 15:18
This one is stealth, writes no ad-related data to %APPDATA%: http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/wise-program-uninstaller-portable
Midas
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Download link was pointing to obsolete version 2.3.6.140. Updated. |
Shotcut is a non-linear video editor with wide format support, a customizable interface, and support for a variety of connections and devices. It is codec-independent so it does not rely on system codecs. It encodes/transcodes to a wide variety of formats via FFmpeg. It also supports streaming from any video file or capture source.
Shotcut is cross-platform, with clients available for Mac and Linux.
Shotcut is natively portable with some additional command line parameters, but if that is not your thing, check out Shotcut Portable.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Leaves traces in: c:\Documents and Settings\<useraccount>\AppData\Local\Meltytech\ c:\Documents and Settings\<useraccount>\AppData\Local\Meltytech\Shotcut\ c:\Documents and Settings\<useraccount>\AppData\Local\Meltytech\Shotcut\cache\ c:\Documents and Settings\<useraccount>\AppData\Local\Meltytech\Shotcut\cache\qmlcache\ |
License: | GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the portable ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch using shotcut.exe --appdata .\Profile so all settings are written to the local Profile folder. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Handbrake |
What's new? | See: https://www.shotcut.org/blog/new-release-240229/ |
paint.net is an image and photo editing software with support for layers, unlimited undo, image effects and a tabbed thumbnail interface. The program includes a variety of paint bushes and selection tools as well as image filters such as sharpening, red-eye removal, distortion, noise etc.
The program supports plugins and will automatically start in 64-bit within an operating system that supports it.
Use 4.3.12 for: Windows 7 (32/64-bit) [with Platform Update], 8.1 (32/64-bit), or 10 (32-bit). It can be downloaded from here or here.
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Runs on: | Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Writes to C:\Users\~\AppData\Local\paint.net |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" ZIP package (go with x86 if you're not sure which one to choose) and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch paintdotnet.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | GIMP, PhotoFiltre, PhotoDemon, PixBuilder Studio |
What's new? | See: https://blog.getpaint.net/category/update-news/ |
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Ennovy
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The website reports: NOTE for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and 32-bit/x86 users: Paint.NET v4.3.x will be the last release(s) that work on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or on any 32-bit/x86 version of Windows(........)Starting with Paint.NET v4.4, only Windows 10 and 11+ will be supported, and only on 64-bit (x64 and ARM64). Updates for 4.3.x will be released on an as-needed basis until v4.4 is completed. |
PicPick is a versatile all-in-one tool for images on the desktop. Includes a powerful screen capture tool, editor, color picker and palette, pixel ruler, protractor, crosshair, whiteboard and more. Can upload images automatically to FTP, Facebook, Twitter, default e-mail program, or send to installed Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, or PowerPoint).
Alternatively, PicPick Portable is stealth and automatically adjusts paths.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Leaves picpick in APPDATA, Cloud Explorer in LOCALAPPDATA, and picpick in ALLUSERSAPPDATA. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use. Note that without a blank picpick.ini file, the program will offer optional installation of the Bing toolbar. |
How to extract: |
Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Create a blank file called picpick.ini in the same folder. Launch picpick.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
Similar/alternative apps: | ShareX |
What's new? | See full changelog at: https://picpick.app/en/changelog |
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kiwichick888
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I just downloaded using the link here and got the previous version 6.3.1. Downloaded again from the website and got the right one. The link on the website Download page (Portable Version) is different to the one here. |
CrystalDiskMark is benchmarks disk performance, measuring sequential and random 4KB/512KB reads/writes for any storage device. The target device does not need to be formatted.
A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).
Alternatively, CrystalDiskMark Portable is also available, which auto-switches between x86 and x64.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | MIT License |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DiskMark32.exe or DiskMark64.exe (for 64-bit OS). |
Similar/alternative apps: | HD Tune, IsMyHdOK |
What's new? | See: https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskmark/crystaldiskmark-history/ |
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Checker
on 2015-08-01 18:52
@ smaragdus: First mentioned by malikorx69 [07 Feb 2008], so this is the forum topic.
AndTheWolf
on 2016-11-07 21:09
CrystalDiskinfo should not be listed under Similar/alternative apps for CrystalDiskMark. CrystalLDiskMark benchmarks, whereas CrystalDiskinfo supplies a lot of disk information, but does NOT benchmark.
webfork
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A remarkable number of commercial disks are benchmarked using this tool. It's a must-have for comparing hardware performance. |
XnView is a feature-rich, customizable media viewer that supports more than 400 formats. Includes batch image converter/renamer as well as basic transformations (rotate, filters, effects, colors, multi-page etc.). Various viewing settings include tabbed interface, fullscreen, slideshow, web page, contact sheet, image compare and filmstrip layout. Includes scanner support, screen capture, Photoshop's 8bf plugins, image search, histogram, metadata viewer, automatic crop (deletes background), watermark, flash export and more. It can also store thumbnails to a temp folder rather than each image folder accessed, which is handy for portable use.
Alternatively, XnView Portable is pre-configured and automatically supports PDF interpreter/rendering engine Ghostscript Portable.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | IrfanView, Imagine, FastStone Image Viewer |
What's new? | See: https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewforum.php?f=35 |
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PapaiMark
on 2020-05-18 22:38
I use it since W98. Very easy copy/paste/crop/resize/scan/print/sharpness and many other things.
JudyGarland
on 2020-10-22 05:38
XnView is not Windows XP compatible anymore. In order to make it work with XP, replace libwebp.dll (plugin folder) with with webp.dll (xnview.com/download/plugins/webp.zip).
PAFuser
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XNView MP 1.01 32 + 64 bit available on Portable Apps (NEW on 8/16/22 - https://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/xnview-mp-portable). |
Miranda NG is a multi-protocol instant messaging client supporting most common protocols by default including Facebook, IRC, Jabber XMPP, MinecraftDynmap, Omegle, Sametime, SkypeWeb, Steam, Tox, Twitter, and more. Additional protocols are also available, as well as plugins and languages via "Main menu > Available Components list" (see online list).
Note: The program started as a code fork of Miranda IM. Though the latter is no longer maintained, a FAQ about the original differences is available, alongside a migration guide.
Alternatively, Miranda NG Portable is also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPL |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Miranda IM, Pidgin |
What's new? |
See: https://wiki.miranda-ng.org/Changelog |
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webfork
on 2014-01-05 02:55
smaragdus: My understanding is that they include all the popular plugins inside the distro. This is because plugin fragmentation and version issues were part of the reason for the Miranda NG code fork.
maxi
on 2015-04-20 21:36
new skype support in developer version. skypeweb plugin found on there board
webfork
on 2016-02-16 02:52
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I really didn't like not being able to hit "enter" and have the message send. You can configure this behavior under options - Message sessions - General tab - Sending messages - checkbox "Send message on 'Enter'" |
Skype allows users to make voice and video calls over the Internet. Although calls to other Skype users are free, other types of connections (landlines, SMS text) are not. Additional features include instant messaging, file transfer and conferencing.
sPortable is a version from PortableApps.com.
Note: The program became adware after its inclusion in the database (after its purchase by Microsoft).
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. (details) |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Adware |
How to extract: |
Download sPortable_x.xx.x.xxx_online.paf.exe to a folder of your choice and launch. Note: online installer requires internet connection |
Similar/alternative apps: | Discord Portable, TeamTalk, Brosix |
What's new? | See https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA34509/what-s-new-in-skype-for-windows-desktop (may not be up to date) |
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hamasaki
on 2016-02-04 17:08
Gets worse with every update. Locks up and freezes half the time when trying to use emoticons.
webfork
on 2017-03-21 01:30
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I'm having a lot of problems with this program on Win7x64. It won't minimize, it won't close unless you do an "End Task" in Task Manager, and it doesn't remember me between sessions. Anyone else having issues? |
Autoruns shows programs that run during system bootup or login, as well as entries in the order Windows processes them. These programs include ones in your startup folder, Run, RunOnce and other Registry keys. You can configure Autoruns to show other locations, including Explorer shell extensions, toolbars, browser helper objects, Winlogon notifications, auto-start services and much more. Autoruns goes way beyond the MSConfig utility.
A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).
Alternatively, Autoruns Portable is stealth and will only show the EULA once.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Windows registry |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Startup Control Panel |
What's new? | See: https://docs.microsoft.com/sysinternals/#whats-new-rss |
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MoisheP
on 2018-12-10 21:35
Though v. 13.93 is available here, at Portable Freeware, the MS site only has v. 13.91 . Is this version again being recalled by MS?
Ander22
on 2021-08-22 21:48
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schemer > Stick with the older (pre-Microsoft) versions if you have them. The file-sizes on these newer ones are substancially larger... |
Freeciv is a single or multiplayer, turn-based strategy game modeled after Civilization™. In this game, each player leads a civilization and fights to become the greatest in the world. You can play with the computer or with other players over the network.
The program is cross-platform with support for Mac, Linux, BSD, Solaris and many more.
Alternatively, Freeciv Portable is also available.
Note: last 32-bit Windows download available from
https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeciv/files/Freeciv 2.6/2.6.11/.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
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What's new? | Full changelog at http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/NEWS. |
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SYSTEM
on 2011-12-16 09:00
Apparently UniExtract got into an infinite loop when I tried to extract the installer. I have edited the instructions a bit.
lintalist
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For v2.5.0: I don't think civclient.exe is present anymore and it should now be freeciv-gtk2.cmd or freeciv-gtk2.exe which would start the game. |
KeePass is a password manager that helps you store and manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key-disk. You need only remember one single master password to unlock the whole database, which is encrypted using AES and Twofish algorithms. The program includes a strong automatic password generator, expire dates, customized icons and categories etc.
Note that available plug-ins may not be portable.
Alternatively:
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch KeePass.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | KeePass Professional, Password Safe |
What's new? | See: https://keepass.info/news/news_all.html |
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CornHolio the Gringo
on 2015-05-02 17:27
I recommend using KeePass v2 series, because of the flexibility it gives.
Mixture
on 2016-03-11 16:17
Since KeePass upgraded to 2.32 and finally has the encryption algorithm plugin, SERPENT, I switched from portable Password Safe 3.38.01 to portable KeePass 2.32 with TwoFish, Serpent, GOST, and Salsa20 encryption algorithm plugins.
Midas
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@Orca: TPFC is an entirely volunteer site; what you describe is the result of past policy that has since been changed. Feel free to submit a KeePass 2 entry. Or post in the forums calling attention from the moderator team. |
qBittorrent is a configurable and feature-rich file sharing client modeled as an open alternative to µTorrent. The program includes a web interface, RSS, scheduler, IP Filtering (eMule and PeerGuardian compatible), IPv6 compliance, support for all extensions (DHT, Peer Exchange, crypto, Magnet/BitComet etc.), and more. Uniquely, it includes a program lock to password-protect the interface.
The program includes torrent creation and even tracker capabilities for serving content. Note that the torrent search feature (if enabled) is not portable.
Clients are also available for other platforms (Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, OS/2) and in ~25 world languages. Alternatively, a PortableApps version is also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | µTorrent, Free Download Manager |
What's new? | See: https://www.qbittorrent.org/news.php |
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appsuser
on 2019-05-06 20:41
@thepiney: Same here. I've used magnet links no problem. The only time I've had errors is when the program loses access to the downloaded torrent files while it's still trying to share them (if you deleted or moved the downloaded files without deleting the torrent file). I moved from uTorrent because they started adding advertising, but there are settings tweaks to remove it.
JudyGarland
on 2019-12-05 06:31
Qbittorrent does not support Windows XP and Vista anymore from v.4.2.0, though 'portableapps' seems not aware of that.
liamZ
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Hi, from the changelog of qbittorrent 4.2.1: (not the portableapps.com version) |
Scribus is a desktop-publishing tool similar to Adobe InDesign and Microsoft Publisher. It supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation. Includes support for a wide variety of file types via import filters, rendering of markup languages and XML file format. Other features include PDF Import, EPS import/export, Unicode text including right to left scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew. Scribus is cross-platform and open source.
Scribus Portable is PortableApps.com version of the program. Alternatively, X-Scribus is also available.
Win2K user: Version 1.3 series option (unsupported): Portable Scribus - (choose English or multilingual, extract to any folder of your choice and Launch PortableScribus.exe)
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
Optional: to enable a variety of PDF functions, install Ghostscript Portable to the folder adjacent to ScribusPortable (e.g. If you have installed Portable Scribus to X:\PortableApps\ScribusPortable, install Ghostscript to X:\PortableApps\CommonFiles\Ghostscript) |
Similar/alternative apps: | Inkscape |
What's new? | See: https://www.scribus.net/category/news/ |
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zorro
on 2019-01-28 03:40
...sorry, my previous comment only applies to the stable version 1.4.7 - changing "HKCU\Software\QtProject.." to "HKCU\Software\Trolltech.." in "ScribusPortable.ini" does it.
juverax
on 2023-05-23 09:50
Scribus 1.5.8 released See https://www.scribus.net/scribus-1-5-8-released/
juverax
on 2023-05-23 09:57
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Download page (Sourceforge): |
Data Crow is a powerful media cataloger and organizer that allows users to manage all their audio, software, book, movie and photo collections in one customizable tool. The program can create a huge database containing all your collected items. Connects with online services like Amazon, IMDB, Softpedia and MusicBrainz to retrieve media information and avoid manual entry. An optional internal web server and web interface can import file information (mp3, divx, xvid etc.) and enable reporting (HTML and PDF).
The program is modular to allow inclusion of new collection types (e.g. stamps, coins, action figures).
Both 32 and 64-bit versions included. Functional on Mac/Linux machines with Java installed.
Alternatively:
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Java 1.6 (or higher) from Oracle |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
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What's new? | See: https://datacrow.org/news/ |
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mimik
on 2019-01-23 16:57
After Robert Jan van der Waals, the origin developer of Data Crow, last year announced the end of his project (http://www.datacrow.net/#news), now it seems like it could continiue... https://sourceforge.net/p/datacrow/discussion/650036/
mimik
on 2020-07-21 00:03
Hmmm, the first activities by the new main project developer were very promising. But by now, his last activity on sourceforge has been one year ago, as well as the last activity of the origin developer Robert Jan van der Waals. No goodby or something like this. See you tomorow and they were never seen again...
rwaals
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Data Crow development has been picked up again since end of year 2022 by, well, me (the original developer of Data Crow). |
AquaSnap is a resource-friendly window organization tool. Windows can quickly and easily resize to 1/2 (vertically or horizontally) and 1/4 of the screen by just dragging them to an edge or corner. Other available effects include window-stretching capabilities, making a window transparent when moving it across the screen and ability to manually "shake" a window, enabling transparency or minimizing other windows. Various color and design skins are available for window resize feature.
AquaSnap Personal Edition has all the features of the Professional Edition with the exception of mouse shortcuts, window tiling, "move windows together" and multi-monitor support. Package includes a 32-bit and a 64-bit version and a PortableApps format version is also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch AquaSnap.Daemon.exe |
Similar/alternative apps: | WinSplit Revolution |
What's new? | See: https://www.nurgo-software.com/company/news/13-aquasnap |
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Ennovy
on 2016-09-26 09:54
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The latest version for Windows XP and Vista: http://www.nurgo-software.com/download/AquaSnap_1.17.1/AquaSnap.zip |
SumatraPDF is a lightweight, tabbed document reader for a variety of formats. Includes a wide variety of views including table of contents, rotation, facing pages, book view (2 pages side-by-side), full screen and presentation mode. Includes support for bookmarks, command-line arguments, hotkeys, and more. Additionally, SumatraPDF can function as a portable browser plugin. Supported formats include PDF, eBooks (EPUB, MOBI, FB2/FB2Z, PDB, TCR), Comic Books (CBZ/CBR/CBT/CB7Z), DJVU, CHM, XPS, TXT, images (JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, J2K, WEBP, TGA) and PostScript documents (PS/EPS, AI, PRN - requires Ghostscript).
Alternatively, Sumatra Portable adjusts recently used and most used file paths.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SumatraPDF.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | STDU Viewer |
What's new? | See: https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/docs/Version-history |
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jenss
on 2022-06-03 05:15
sumatra cannot read certain edited pdf documents
jenss
on 2022-06-03 05:19
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older sumatra as 3.4.1 also with read problem |
Inkscape is a vector graphics editor and open alternative to commercial apps like Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X. Useful for branding, icons, web design, publishing and even illustrated maps, it supports features like shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, patterns and grouping. Uses the open W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format, as well as exporting to other vector-based and standard image types like PNG. Imports formats such as JPEG, PNG and TIFF.
Inkscape Portable is a portable wrapper distributed by the publisher using the PortableApps.com format. Alternatively, X-Inkscape is another wrapper that writes settings to the application folder.
Those on Windows XP and Vista should use 0.92.3 as that is the last supported version for those operating systems.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch InkScapePortable.exe. |
What's new? | See: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes |
Latest comments |
Andrew Lee
on 2022-12-06 16:00
@dmocha: It normally takes awhile before upstream changes make their way to the folks at portableapps.com
dmocha
on 2022-12-06 16:26
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@Andrew Lee: Yes I know about it. I don't expect portableapps.com to make a 64 bit version any time soon. Someone already asked them about it and got a link: https://portableapps.com/node/24371. That's why I'm asking here, maybe someone has tried or knows something. |
JPEGView is a minimalistic viewer/editor designed to view images from digital cameras full screen and with highest quality possible. Basic image editing functionality is provided, allowing correction for typical problems as color cast, high/low contrast, orientation and under- or overexposure very quickly and interactively during review of the images. The program can view and save JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF, or WEBP. Includes batch rename and copy features.
While JPEGView is not intended as a replacement for a full-blown image editor, the included tool set of commonly-used modifications means such editors should be needed less often.
A 64-bit version is available (within the folder).
Alternatively, JPEGView Portable is also available from PortableApps.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | FreeVimager |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/sylikc/jpegview/releases/tag/v1.3.46 |
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GerryB
on 2020-09-06 13:42
Re my previous comment: This was with the 32-bit version. I have no way of knowing how the 64-bit version deals with transparencies, as I can't run it on my machine. At any rate, viewing them is OK; just don't save them from JPEGView.
nineascii
on 2023-03-25 11:01
I've been using this program for many years. I also have set this as my default Jpg viewer. It is super fast, preloads the next image before you view it so there is no white screen flash between images.
FileHandler
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I fully agree with everything nineascii said about it. I've also been using it for many years, so glad that development continues. It now supports AVIF and WEBP etc. |
Process Monitor displays both file system and registry activities in real-time, combining the features of FileMon and RegMon. Additional features includes live changes (autoscroll), non-destructive filtering, comprehensive event properties such session IDs and user names, reliable process information, full thread stacks with integrated symbol support for each operation, file logging etc.
Alternatively, Process Monitor Portable is also available, which is stealth.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Windows registry |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Moo0 File Monitor |
What's new? | https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/#whats-new-rss-icon |
Latest comments |
__philippe
on 2016-07-29 13:17
Annoyingly, SysInternals' powers-that-be no longer deem worth their while to provide a changelog of their recent releases.
MIKLO
on 2016-08-29 18:10
@ __philippe do you know is there gonna be any effort made to correct this? I'm kinda surprised cuz I have always thought of SysInternals as being a first rate top notch entity, but they are not showing that in this case.Even if the changelogs are only interesting or necessary to a few people in my opinion that reason enough to continue with accurate data.
dmiranda
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The last version I could see working in XP is 3.61 -no link to probe it :P |
Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes tens of thousands of spyware and similar malware from PCs. It can also clean usage tracks and fix registry issues.
Spybot - Search & Destroy Portable is the PortableApps.com official version of the standard program.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes. If you clean anything from the local PC, that would not be stealth, of course. |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch spybotportable.exe. |
What's new? |
See: https://www.safer-networking.org/about/news/ |
Latest comments |
Midas
on 2016-02-13 18:09
The entry's description should make clear that what's offered here is the PortableApps package. Upstream Spybot S&D v2.5 ditched XP support, and XP users are advised to stay with v2.4:
Happy.Camper2
on 2017-11-23 02:08
System requirements should not include Vista for v2.6
zorro
on 2018-12-06 07:20
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Beware! Even you don't clean anything, the portable package leaves numerous traces in the system: hard to find registry keys (search also for "Safe Networking Limited") and a stubborn folder in ProgramData plus one in AppData\Roaming (unfortunately I didn't wrote down all the traces before cleaning up). |
K-Meleon is a fast, customizable, and lightweight alternative web browser that supports tabs, tools and skins, and can be configured to work with common extensions like Adblock.
K-Meleon is based on a fork of the Gecko layout engine used by Firefox. Development can seem erratic due to lack of resources but K-Meleon has seen continuous development since the 90's (v0.7 was released in 2003).
K-Meleon Portable also available from PortableApps.com.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Leaves APPDATA\Mozilla\Extensions |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL v2 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Firefox, SeaMonkey |
What's new? | Latest changelog at https://rtfreesoft.blogspot.com/search/label/browser. |
Latest comments |
aazard
on 2020-11-15 16:26
Goanna engine version is 100% PWA able, but you need to save "link" manually (no "install to desktop" support).
aazard
on 2020-11-15 17:06
Correction & Note:
hamasaki
on 2022-09-28 04:30
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Every https page fails with certificate errors in K-Meleon for some reason. |
LWBlat is a utility email sender using SMTP or NNTP for posting to newsgroups with a friendly interface. The program is a front-end for the Blat console utility. Also, as modern public SMTP servers require SSL and OAuth which Blat doesn't support, this utility includes a simulator mode to test various settings and see how a message would have been received had it used them.
Alternatively, LWBlat GUI Portable is in PortableApps.com Format and automatically adjusts paths and Blat's own registry settings (if used).
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
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What's new? |
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Greenfish Icon Editor Pro is a tool for creating icons, animated or static cursors and other small images. Can extract icons and cursors from executable files and icon libraries, batch convert image files to icons or other image formats and supports advanced selection handling (marquee, lasso and wand tools, saving/loading selections from files). Offers various gradient styles for filling shapes, and includes many filters such as remove matte, drop shadow, inner/outer glow and bevel etc.
The program opens and saves in ICO, CUR, ANI, PNG, XPM, BMP, JPEG, WebP and TGA formats and creates icons and cursors up to 256x256 @ 32-bit, which can also be PNG-compressed for use in Vista and above.
Include Greenfish Image Converter (for processing TIFF and SVG files), which requires .NET Framework 3.5.
A 64-bit version is available (within the folder). Alternatively, a PortableApps version is also available: Greenfish Icon Editor Pro Portable.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
Download the "portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch gfie.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
What's new? |
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Latest comments |
thepiney
on 2013-06-18 21:24
When you click the download link, a page opens with the download, just un-check the "Use our download manager and get recommended downloads" box. You'll get the zip file that you want. My Avast keeps blocking the site/file so I just disabled. After download I checked using VirusTotal and comes up clean.
billon
on 2017-04-06 10:17
If you want load/save WebP under XP, DL v.0.5.0 -
Pendrive
on 2022-10-08 10:28
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Greenfish Icon Editor Pro 4.0 |
Ditto is a feature-rich, customizable extension to the standard copy-paste mechanism. The program saves each copied item to a dynamic list, allowing access to anything copied or cut. You can save any type of information that can be put on the standard Windows clipboard and preview in before pasting.
Additionally, the program can communicate with other computers over a network to keep clipboards in sync.
Alternatively, Ditto Portable is also available in the PortableApps format.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Ditto.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | ArsClip, CLCL, Clibor, Clipdiary |
What's new? | See: https://ditto-cp.sourceforge.io/changeHistory.php |
Latest comments |
RainrooM
on 2017-02-05 10:21
under Option - Quick paste. There you can change to another theme which comes with the program.
smaragdus
on 2017-02-05 17:32
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@RainrooM |
Pidgin Portable is a Pidgin version made by PortableApps.com. Pidgin is an easy-to-use multi-protocol instant messaging client with a tabbed interface, customizable sounds, themes and more. Supports a long list of networks including Jabber/XMPP, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, MicroFocus GroupWise Messenger, SILC, and more. It also includes support for many features such as file transfers, away messages, buddy icons, emoticons and typing notifications.
Plugins are also available to add more features including more networks, security, interface tweaks, and more. Themes are available via an additional download.
Pidgin is cross-platform with clients available for Mac OS and Linux; it supports 80+ world languages.
Other portable versions (note that these are oudated and may not function):
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PidginPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | MirdandaNG, InstantBird |
What's new? | See:https://keep.imfreedom.org/pidgin/pidgin/file/release-2.x.y/ChangeLog. |
Latest comments |
smaragdus
on 2016-01-04 20:52
I usually never complain when there is a way to make a program portable but I have just wasted about half an hour updating (copying, moving, deleting, renaming) the native compressed version of Pidgin. And I forgot that the working Facebook plug-in was not included in the package and had to download it separately (but before that I deleted the "unknown" Facebook profile). Why do the developers still keep the no longer working Facebook-XMPP plug-in and do not adopt the working Facebook Chat (purple-facebook) plug-in is a mystery to me. Pidgin developers offer an offline installer (containing GTK+) and GTK+ for Windows yet they do not intend to provide a compressed portable-ready version for Windows. Updating Pidgin is a pain, as it is a pain to make it portable on first run.
MIKLO
on 2016-06-30 14:41
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WOW I find this really interesting that this software has been being downloaded or at least talked about for 9 years. Some of the first comments talk about this being worthless and a waste of time cuz Pidgin already has a Portable version. There is also talk about Haller wasting his time doing this... hmmm so what am I doing here also wasting my time? lol Anyway in my opinion any and all discussion even on so called "worthless" builds serve a purpose. If nothing else I get a link in my email letting me know that there is something I can go see and waste my time on some "worthless" and not needed software. Aint life great? |
Stickies work like customizable post-it notes with available styles, fonts, colors and buttons. Notes can be resized or snapped to the edges of other notes to keep them lined up. They can also act as reminders when hidden for a period, until a specified date and time, even upon waking every day, week, or month.
Alternatively, Stickies Portable is available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | 7 Sticky Notes, Stickypaper |
What's new? | See: https://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/versions.html |
Latest comments |
pipperu
on 2019-12-26 19:00
In order to use old version notes with the new 10.0a version you hve to UPGRADE from old version to the new 10.0a. You can NOT restore the working folder from a backup because v10.0a uses SQLITE.
Pendrive
on 2022-03-25 15:30
I'm not convinced that the following instructions are sufficient:
Andrew Lee
on 2022-03-26 06:54
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@Pendrive: Thanks! I have verified your correction and updated the database entry. |
fre:ac (pronounced "freak") is a feature-rich audio tool set featuring audio encoding and conversion, CD ripper, playlist and metadata editor. The program supports most popular audio formats such as MP3, M4A, WMA, OGG and FLAC, as well as support for a long list of additional converters such as Quicktime and Shorten. For CDs, the program supports reliable conversion (CD Paranoia), online databases (CDDB/GNUdb) and CDText, automatically writing song information metadata. The program is optimized for multi-core systems, making conversions as fast as possible.
Cross-platform (Mac, Linux, FreeBSD). Available in many world languages. Alternatively, fre:ac Portable automatically adjusts paths.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch 'freac.exe'. Optionally, delete unnecessary language and manual files, and 'translator.exe'. |
Similar/alternative apps: | CUETools, LameXP |
What's new? | See: https://github.com/enzo1982/freac/releases. |
Latest comments |
smaragdus
on 2016-12-05 14:51
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I prefer freac snapshots to freac stable because the snapshots support more encoders (including the best one- OptimFROG, Monkey's Audio, WavPack, etc). |
TeamViewer is a screen sharing, remote control and collaboration tool connecting devices for troubleshooting, presentations or installations. Supports standard chat, high-quality voice and video, file transfer, whiteboard, session recording, remote printing, screen sharing and more. The program can work with paranoid firewalls, functions as a VPN between clients, will display quality based on connection speed and includes browser access.
Clients are also available for Mac, Linux, iOS, ChromeOS/Android and more with support for many world languages.
Alternatively, a PortableApps version is also available: TeamViewer Portable.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. 'HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\TeamViewer,' only on 64-bit versions of Windows. TeamViewer10_Logfile.login \AppData\Roaming\TeamViewer |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: |
Download the portable ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch TeamViewer.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language resources. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Skype Portable, Brosix |
What's new? | https://community.teamviewer.com/English/categories/change-logs-en |
Latest comments |
JohnTHaller
on 2016-02-18 00:44
The publisher seems to have pulled the new release and is serving the 11.0.53254 release from December for both standard and portable downloads even though the main download page still shows 11.0.55321 as the current version.
dmiranda
on 2020-12-18 00:39
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Theoretically, 14.2 should work in XP, but it is hit and miss. The version that still works always is 13.13 |
ClamWin is the Windows version of ClamAV, a virus and spyware scanner which database is constantly maintained by a group of volunteers and updates are always available for free. Note that the program does not contain an on-access real-time scanner; you must manually scan a file in order to detect malware or use a third party tool like the general purpose Directory Monitor (see Execute scripts/applications when events occur) or the outdated Clam Sentinel.
ClamWin Portable is a portable wrapper for ClamWin and can be modified to automatically update virus database periodically or during startup.
Alternatives:
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ClamWinPortable.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://www.clamwin.com/content/blogcategory/20/100/ |
Latest comments |
JohnyZlo
on 2015-03-01 11:04
ClamWin v0.98.6 released: http://www.clamwin.com/content/view/245/1/
Midas
on 2015-05-16 21:13
Please note that, for updating purposes, you needn't download the full 100MB+ ClamWin package.
Midas
on 2021-05-05 07:53
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Long overdue update, IYAM -- it took tree years for ClamWin to be updated from v0.99.4. |
FUPX (formerly Free UPX) allows you to compress or decompress EXE, DLL, OCX, BPL, CPL and other files. It offers easy access to all documented and undocumented UPX parameters without the need for accessing the command-line.
The program is an advanced interface for the UPX (Ultimate Packer for eXecutables). It uses the Microsoft Portable Executable and COFF Specification.
Alternatively, FUPX Portable is in PortableApps.com Format and includes both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the app.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch fupx.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | PortableApps AppCompactor |
What's new? |
See: http://www.pazera-software.com/products/free-upx/#changelog |
Latest comments |
__philippe
on 2017-02-22 13:39
For the Facebook-allergic crowd, might as well use directly the original Command-Line UPX engine:
jack
on 2018-09-19 12:51
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@gbrao |
Avidemux is a video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.
Cross-platform (Linux, BSD, OS X).
Alternatively, X-Avidemux and Avidemux Portable are also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Qt keys saved to registry |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the Portable Windows 64-bit zip package and extract to a folder of your choice. Rename avidemux.exe to avidemux_portable.exe and launch. |
Similar/alternative apps: | MKVToolnix |
What's new? |
See: http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/news.html |
Latest comments |
MIKLO
on 2017-04-29 16:52
I gotta agree with @smaragdus its up to the anti-virus developer to correct their mistake naming something as malware or anything bad when in fact it is not! I have used this software for quite some time and really like and its easy to use & works great.
gbrao
on 2017-07-16 12:17
There is a v2.6.21, only for x64.
turionaltec
on 2019-04-16 06:31
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Love this software to do quick edits (just cutting out a clip from a longer video), or to convert file types (avi->mp4). If the codec remains the same it will be done in seconds! |
BabelMap is a character map application that allows you to browse through the entire Unicode character repertoire of over 110,000 characters, or search for a particular character by name or by code point. Characters can then be copied to the clipboard for use in any Unicode-aware application.
BabelMap Portable is a version of the software packaged in PortableApps.com format.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch BabelMapPortable.exe. |
What's new? | See: https://babelstone.co.uk/Software/BabelMap_Versions.html |
Latest comments |
tomcat
on 2022-04-09 07:30
If you go to
juverax
on 2022-04-10 13:19
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I don't really like and trust "Online Installers". |
qTox is an easy, secure instant messaging and VoIP client for the distributed Tox network. The program includes standard features like chat between users, group chats, file transfer with image preview, as well as high-quality audio and video calls with group call capability.
The program is peer-to-peer, meaning no central server is necessary for the network to function.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac, Windows, FreeBSD and Android. Alternatively, qTox Portable is also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Windows 8 and 10: Empty folder written to \AppData\Roaming\tox Windows 7: Duplicate user files saved to \AppData\Roaming\tox |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Isotoxin, Ricochet, TorChat |
What's new? |
See: https://github.com/qTox/qTox/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md |
Latest comments |
smaragdus
on 2017-04-27 01:42
Direct download links:
smaragdus
on 2017-04-27 01:44
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Portability may be lost after update- re-enable it from "Settings" - "Advanced" - "Make Tox portable". |
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.
Category: | |
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 |
Latest comments |
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: |
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:
Category: | |
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/ |
Latest comments |
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! |
AIMP is a skinnable audio player similar to Winamp that supports most audio formats, as well as Internet radio. Features include a music library, mini-player, colorizing of individual skins, visualizations, smart playlists, global hotkeys, and plug-ins capability. Filters/effects include equalizer, reverb, normalization, voice remover, speed changes and more.
AIMP includes a built-in audio converter, APE image splitter, tag editor, alarm clock, and auto-shutdown.
Alternatively, AIMP Portable is stealth and automatically adjusts paths.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Writes to registry if run with admin rights. See this forum thread. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Winyl, Xion |
What's new? | See: https://www.aimp.ru/?do=changelog |
Latest comments |
MIKLO
on 2016-06-03 11:47
smaragdus REALLY? wow I didn't realize that looks over substance was so important to sum people. Now I'm curious what others think about the "looks" of V4 or if most just don't care like me, please don't misunderstand I understand how you feel its just foreign 2me is all I'm saying. Of course if V3 suits your needs then by all means that's the correct version for you to use, no matter what I or others think. Enjoy.:)
Peter202
on 2016-11-06 10:52
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Is it possible to disable the ID3v1 tagging? It's messing up the grouping of my mp3 files when i import them in the library. |
PngOptimizer is an easy-to-use program to compress common graphics formats to PNG format with no quality difference. Files can be added one at a time or in batch to the program icon or window. Images can also come from the clipboard by pressing CTRL+V while the application is in focus.
Cross-platform with clients available for Linux. A CLI version is available.
Graphics formats supported include BMP, GIF, TGA, as well as further compressesing PNG files. Animated GIF and PNG files (APNG) are also supported. Size decrease for PNG files varies widely on the original editor, but GIF and BMP conversions can be as much as 40% and 95% respectively.
Alternatively, PngOptimizer Portable automatically switches between 32-bit and 64-bit and adjusts the screenshots path.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | No |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
Optionally, to save images from the clipboard to the PngOptimizer application folder, right-click on the window and select Custom for the target directory and enter a period (.) in the box below. |
Similar/alternative apps: | FileOptimizer |
What's new? |
v2.7 Latest change:
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Latest comments |
webfork
on 2013-05-31 23:08
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Note about the 2.3 update: definitely takes full advantage of multi-processor systems. I tested it on Win7x64 with an i7 quad core and it got very close to 90% (few programs can do that). Definitely a big speed bonus over time there and good to see those kind of optimizations in freeware. |
cdrtfe (cdrtools Frontend) is a collection of CD/DVD/BD tools for burning and audio extraction. In addition to standard data recording, the program includes support for media container formats like XCD, (S)VCD and DVD-video, audio formats (redbook), CD-Plus mixed format (audio+data) and creation and writing of ISO images and bootable discs. The program can also create CDs that "overburn" and add up to 13% more data than normal discs. Audio extraction formats include WAV, MP3, OGG, FLAC and more.
The program is a front-end that combines several burning tools including cdrtools (cdrecord, mkisofs, readcd, cdda2wav), Mode2CDMaker and VCDImager.
Also available in PortableApps format and in outdated winPenPack format.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | GPL v2 |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch cdrtfe.exe. |
What's new? |
See: https://cdrtfe.sourceforge.io/cdrtfe/changes_en.html |
Latest comments |
Ascend4nt
on 2014-04-09 19:39
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Direct linking is nice but that will miss updates. This page seems to list the latest version (1.5.2 at this time): http://cdrtfe.sourceforge.net/cdrtfe/download_en.html |
Unlocker Assistant helps unlock files locked by operating system permissions or other issues. The program automatically launches if you are trying to delete/rename/move a file that is locked. When not in use, it stays in your system tray bar. Additionally, individual locked files and folders may be drag-and-dropped onto unlocker.exe.
Alternatively, Unlocker Portable (beta) is a launcher-only version of Unlocker.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
License: | Donationware |
How to extract: | Use Unlocker Portable |
Similar/alternative apps: | FileASSASSIN |
What's new? |
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Latest comments |
olliebean
on 2015-08-23 18:21
Is this still available? I clicked on the portable download from the website, which redirected me to a download site, which redirected me to another download site... about half a dozen sites later with no download in sight, one of them finally tried to get me to download and install a dodgy "Download Software Manager" app. I gave up at that point.
Guido76
on 2021-10-22 08:09
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I don't understand why we find today this software which is always at the same version since 2013. The site of the designer even seems abandoned. Several links are broken (404 error). This doesn't take away anything from this excellent software, but it doesn't add anything new. |
TCPView gives a detailed listing of all endpoints on your system, including both TCP and UDP for local and remote addresses and state of TCP connections. On Windows NT, 2000 and XP, TCPView also reports the name of the process that owns the endpoint. TCPView provides a more informative and conveniently presented subset of the Netstat program that ships with Windows.
Also available from PortableaApps.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Windows registry |
Stealth: ? | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Tcpview.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | NetworkTrafficView |
What's new? |
See: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sysinternals-blog/bg-p/Sysinternals-Blog |
Latest comments |
[r4]
on 2009-03-21 07:59
How come it does not work in Windows 98 SE (fully patched)?
Gudufl
on 2011-02-04 16:01
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Bogus Download Link discription! |
Lightscreen is an easy-to-use program to save images of your screen. Includes customizable hotkeys and ability to capture a single window, a user specified region, or the full screen. Can then save with an optional delay to a variable quality JPG, PNG (high compression), BMP, or to the system clipboard to paste into a graphics application of your choice.
Cross platform with a client available for Linux and includes support for uploading to the Imgur image hosting service.
Alternatively, Lightscreen Portable is also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. QT Application Framework @ HKCU\Software\Trolltech |
License: | GPL Version 2 |
How to extract: | Download the installer and launch (requires Administrator rights), select "Portable Mode". Launch Lightscreen.exe. |
What's new? |
See: https://lightscreen.com.ar/whatsnew |
Latest comments |
PAFuser
on 2021-06-23 10:32
Version 2.5 is available (4 days ago per site) https://github.com/ckaiser/Lightscreen/releases/tag/v2.5 or lightscreen site
PAFuser
on 2021-06-23 16:15
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I notice after installing as a portable program (using Adm rights), 2.5 appears in installed programs in Geek Uninstaller. Used Universal Extractor second time: lightscreen,1.exe and lightscreen,2.exe are listed. 2 is program, 1 is options. There also seems to be Registry entries. |
DocFetcher indexes your computer, making the contents of a wide variety of files instantly searchable. Selecting a search result shows a preview of the file with text highlighted and without formatting. You can filter results by location, file type, minimum and/or maximum filesize and more. The program can index Microsoft Office, OpenOffice/LibreOffice, PDF, RTF, EPUB, HTML and more formats from drives, external volumes, archive files and Outlook .PST files (some .OST files also work).
The program supports complex searches via wildcards, proximity, ranges, "fuzzy" terms, and more using Lucene search. You can also do standard file name search via "filename:searchterm." The program is cross-platform and functional on OS X and Linux, as well as 64-bit Windows.
Note:
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Java Runtime Environment 1.7 or higher, see forum for use with Java Portable. |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Eclipse Public License |
How to extract: |
Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DocFetcher.exe. If you see a memory error (very rare): either reduce the size/number of files indexed or do the following (64-bit Java only):
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Similar/alternative apps: | SearchMyFiles |
What's new? | See: https://sourceforge.net/p/docfetcher/wiki/ChangeLog/ |
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webfork
on 2015-06-30 01:35
Tremendous search program that has saved me again and again, finding files and content that other programs miss. Each version seems to add to the pile of file formats it can index. As a result, it's on every machine I own and some I don't.
MoisheP
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DocFetcher indexes many formats, such as LibreOffice documents, that Microsoft Search (aka Cortana) does not, or does incompletely. It also uses far less CPU time, once the initial indexing is completed, than MS. DocFetcher also runs on Linux. Results can be sorted by likelihood of match, as well as filename, type, date etc. Only downside is that it requires Java. |
VirtuaWin is a highly customizable virtual desktop manager that lets you organize applications over a two or more "desktops" with their own separate windows and applications (also called "workspaces"). The program can reduce distractions or help organize a cluttered desk space with too many windows open.
Alternatively, a PortableApps version is also available.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch VirtuaWin.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Dexpot |
What's new? | See:https://virtuawin.sourceforge.io/?page_id=74 |
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Provy
on 2020-05-18 08:43
@Midas: Thank you! That was the solution. Right click - Properties - Unblock. I think this program is a keeper.
bronex
on 2021-04-06 01:37
what are the differences between 4.4 and 4.5? working on windows 10? version 4.4 not working good on windows 10 but is amazing on windows 7!
Midas
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@bronex: according to the changelog (click the eye button above) mostly bugfixes... |
Shortcuts Search And Replace is a tool for system shortcuts that lets you:
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ShortcutsSearchAndReplace.exe or ShortcutsSearchAndReplace64.exe. |
What's new? |
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LazPaint is a full-featured image and photo editor with support for layers, drawing tools, filter effects, rendering textures and more. The program can do standard operations like resize, flip/rotate, and crop, as well as advanced operations like zoom without pixelation ("smart zoom") and complex color controls. Supports variety of image formats, including SVG, RAW images, PDN (paint.net) and WebP.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux.
Alternatively, LazPaint Portable adjusts paths and includes both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Optionally, Python 3 for scripts |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | PhotoDemon, paint.net |
What's new? |
See: https://github.com/bgrabitmap/lazpaint/releases |
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webfork
on 2015-04-10 02:11
Has some interesting features but so far I find I prefer PhotoDemon, which seems to have a few more filters and controls.
PapaiMark
on 2020-05-17 21:32
A simple operation of copy / paste a piece of an image is a nightmare.
circular
on 2020-10-07 15:24
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@PapaiMark I am a bit shocked that you say it would be nightmare to copy / paste a piece of an image. I invite you to add an issue on the GitHub page of LazPaint to explain the problem you are encountering. You can also post suggestions of improvement there. |
FotoSketcher helps you take existing photos and modify them for a vintage or vibrant look, as well as a long list of available pencil sketch, pen-and-ink, or hand-drawn painting looks. All modifications include with a variety of settings and tweaks to control the look from dramatic to slight.
Also includes basic photo editing tools such as text, crop, rotate, even automatic contrast and sharpening.
Alternatively, FotoSketcher Portable is also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download FotoSketcher_X.XX_portable_32bit.exe or FotoSketcher_X.XX_portable_64bit.exe to a folder of your choice and launch. |
What's new? |
See: https://fotosketcher.blogspot.com/ |
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Security note: development of this browser appears to have stalled and the software may be subject to security vulnerabilities.
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Falkon (formerly "QupZilla") is a modern web browser that implements all standard features, as well as extras like a SSL certificate manager, search engine manager, themes, speed dial, extensions, AdBlock, GreaseMonkey, mouse gestures, access keys navigation, a command-line interface and more.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac, Linux, the program is WebKit-based, similar to Safari and Chrome. Note that a natively portable version is available, but we are listing the due to issues in testing.
Falkon Portable is a version of the program from PortableApps.com. Windows 7 and 8 users may require an additional (see homepage).
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Functioning OpenGL drivers |
Stealth: ? | No. Writes a few QT-related keys to the registry. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch FalkonPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Otter Browser, X-Chromium |
Latest comments |
freakazoid
on 2015-10-22 19:05
Qupzilla is getting a little memory hungry. I have removed this from my favorites list.
smaragdus
on 2017-02-04 16:56
@billon
freakazoid
on 2017-02-11 22:46
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I can confirm what smaragdus said about v2.1.0. |
Database Browser allows you to connect to any database and browse or modify data, run sql scripts, export and print data. It works directly with Oracle, MS Sql Server, ODBC, MySql, OleDB, BDE, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MS Sql Server Compact, Interbase, Firebird and MongoDB.
Database Browser Portable is packaged in PortableApps.com Format for use alone or with the PortableApps launcher.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE inside the ZIP package and extract it to a folder of your choice. Launch DatabaseBrowserPortable.exe. |
What's new? |
See: https://www.etl-tools.com/database-browser/history.html |
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crab
on 2011-01-23 20:56
Can't use SQL files directly, have to connect to a server. useless.
scottG
on 2011-02-16 13:11
Just a clarification, this doesn't work "directly" with Oracle, MySQL or other DB, it requires an ODBC connection set up. If it worked "directly" with those it would connect to Oracle via TNSNames on (default) port tcp/1521 and for MySQL tcp/3306. It does neither.
bushy555
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2018: Rubbish. No workie with Informix database. |
Dave Gnukem is a side-scrolling platformer inspired by the classic side-scrolling Duke Nukem. While most of the gameplay is intact, all of the graphics and sounds are new.
Alternatively, a PortableApps version is also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application Folder |
License: | MIT/GPL |
How to extract: |
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What's new? |
See: https://github.com/davidjoffe/dave_gnukem#history--changes |
QuiteRSS is an RSS/Atom news feeds reader with an easy-to-use, multi-tabbed layout and embedded browser. The program includes the ability to tag feeds with different labels, share via social networks, perform search operations, delete the selected news, as well as import/export feeds (OPML-files). Views are filtered by date, unread, read, or starred items.
The program has a Webkit core that includes Adblock and ClickToFlash (manual Flash controls).
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac, Linux and BSD. Alternatively, QuiteRSS Portable is also available.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch QuiteRSS.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | RSS Guard |
What's new? |
Added:
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wagner reatto
on 2017-01-02 12:18
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Excellent app, very easy to set up. I use it instead of feedly now. |
UltraDefrag manages file fragmentation on to improve file access time and overall system speed of magnetic (non-SSD) drives. The program includes quick and full defragmentation modes for frequent or occasional (usually monthly) optimization on NTFS, FAT and exFAT-formatted drives. The program is optimized for efficiency and speed versus other available tools and can be paused mid-defrag. See FAQ for usage suggestions.
Supports over 40 world languages and includes a command-line version.
Alternatively, UltraDefrag Portable switches automatically between the 32/64-bit versions and cleans up the fragmentation details left behind on drives.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | Yes. If reporting is disabled |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Defraggler, WinContig |
What's new? |
See: https://ultradefrag.net/HISTORY.TXT |
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misan
on 2013-08-14 21:12
Because of the different strategies of most defrag apps you can do more false then right:
avi-aryan
on 2013-09-24 11:05
Ultra Defrag looks good and works fast . I downloaded it just after reading a review at http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-disk-de-fragmenter.htm . Just can't wait to see how it works when compared to all other defragmenters I have tried in the past.
webfork
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Avi-aryan: on the Boot Time Defrag, it's unfortunately still only available for the installed version. |
Explore2fs is an explorer-type application for browsing Linux file systems under Windows. The program is compatible with most filesystems including ext2, ext3, ReiserFS, and more. Explore2fs Portable Edition is a wrapper for the program.
Note: This is a PortableApps.com portable program that has not been updated since 2006 and may not work with the latest changes to various file systems (e.g., the "About" dialog only mentions Linux 'ext2' and 'ext3' file systems and not 'ext4').
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE ('explore2fsPE.paf.exe') and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch explore2fsPE.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | DiskInternals Linux Reader |
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Webfork
on 2008-01-20 13:35
According to home page, ext2 and ext3 are supported.
Webfork
on 2008-01-20 13:38
... and also claims to "read ReiserFS and many other filesystems." The latest beta version may go further with that than the provided link.
Midas
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FYI, this program new homepage is at http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs, listing a couple of newer Beta versions. The last snapshot of the original homepage from the Internet Archive is at: http://web.archive.org/web/20081208033437/http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs-old.htm |
CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create AVI video files, then convert them into streaming Flash video files (SWF) using its built-in SWF Producer. It also supports anti-aliased screen captions as well as audio and video annotations.
X-CamStudio is a portable version of the software. Alternatively, CamStudio Portable is also available.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch X-CamStudio.exe. |
What's new? |
See: https://camstudio.org/ |
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GAG
on 2015-02-16 10:50
Your X-CamStudio version 2.7.2 [rev5] page lists
webfork
on 2015-02-16 23:36
GAG: The only one I've tested is XP and Win7 so that's all I can directly speak to. I can't find anything on the Camstudio home page about support levels and even Softpedia disagrees.
juverax
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If you need to play the SWF, see https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1291&p=102068#p102068 |
DOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, modem etc. that are necessary for running many old DOS programs and games incompatible with any modern OS.
Alternatively, Portable DOSBox is also available.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | |
What's new? |
See: https://sourceforge.net/p/dosbox/news/ |
Latest comments |
Smurflover
on 2011-02-01 14:10
Frontend and easier config can be found here http://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/
a
on 2011-02-01 19:54
Smurf, that looks sweet, if it is portable I suggest this be added to database. (possibly as a replacement?)
SYSTEM
on 2011-07-17 09:39
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I have updated the extraction instructions. Chris Morgan had pointed out that DOSBox is not portable if launched without any command-line switches. |
DVDStyler is a DVD authoring system that lets you build menus, create backgrounds, add text/images/buttons, import video and audio files and create chapters for each movie.
Alternatively, DVDStyler Portable is available from PortableApps and X-DVDStyler from WinPenPack.
Category: | |
Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
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What's new? |
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Joe
on 2015-05-26 23:51
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@Mike.S.G. - First of all, please accept my profound apologies for the very late reply. And yes, Rev2 fixed the issue, although I am on Rev4 now. |
Task Coach is a simple todo manager to keep track of personal tasks and todo lists. It grew out of a frustration that most task managers do not provide facilities for several activities so Task Coach was designed to deal with composite tasks. In addition, it offers effort tracking, categories and notes.
Task Coach Portable includes a PortableApps.com format launcher to handle portablisation. X-Task Coach is also available from the download page.
Cross-platform (OS X, Linux, BSD and iOS) with synchronisation features available via the Funambol service.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the "PortableApps Format" self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch TaskCoachPortable.exe. |
What's new? |
See: https://www.taskcoach.org/changes.html |
NOTE: This program has mostly been replaced by PDF-XChange Editor (also portable), which is actively updated and contains additional features.
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PDF-XChange Viewer is a feature-rich program that displays multiple PDF documents within a tabbed interface. Edit features include the ability to rotate documents, add comments/annotations to any PDF file, apply custom stamps from any image/PDF file/Windows clipboard, mark-up pages with text and objects, and type directly on any PDF page in "Typewriter" mode.
The program supports exporting to BMP/JPEG/TIFF/PNG etc., or extracting text from a PDF page/file. Additional features include capturing the document with the snapshot tool (copies an area to clipboard), measuring tools for distance, area and perimeter, and more. A recommended picture-to-text OCR plugin is available (thanks Bruce) as is a PDF help file.
Reported as functional on Mac/Linux under WINE. Alternatively, PDF-XChange Viewer Portable adjusts paths, with an OCR plugin and help file available from the website as separate downloads.
For 64-bit, see forum post
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | SumatraPDF, PDF-XChange Editor, STDU Viewer |
What's new? |
See: https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer/history |
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Midas
on 2016-03-27 20:32
FYI, additional languages OCR downloads are available from http://www.tracker-software.com/pdf-xchange-viewer-ocr ...
Mixture
on 2017-02-07 16:30
@zorro:
PAFuser
on 2017-06-30 15:11
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Mixture is correct. Only need as viewer with able to add text comment (download utility bills and mark date paid, less paper stored). |
Free Download Manager (FDM) is a feature-rich tool for handling and accelerating downloads. Includes a site explorer, offline website downloader, scheduler, video downloader (YouTube, Google Video etc.), BitTorrent support and more. An included media file preview prevents downloading mislabeled music or video while a ZIP file preview tool saves download time and bandwidth by selectively removing unneeded parts. A hash check capability can verify downloads and the program can be controlled remotely over the Internet (fdmwi.exe).
Especially useful to overcome unreliable/slow connections that require frequent download restarts, when bandwidth is at a premium, or for very large files.
Alternatively, Free Download Manager Portable is available, as well as a "lite" version, which has not been tested for portability.
NOTE: The program will now prompt for upgrade to the newest version on startup, which is not portable (thanks Joby) and uses a closed-source license.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder. It writes some values to the registry, but these are not related to any user settings. |
Dependencies: | WinXP: requires Service Pack 3 or above |
Stealth: ? | No |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Web Downloader |
What's new? |
See: https://freedownloadmanager.org/board/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17330 |
Latest comments |
webfork
on 2015-04-26 21:34
Love this program particularly for infrequent or bad internet connections. Helps restart, resume, and find the best connections for downloads. I also use it for the occasional Linux or other big file distribution torrent.
kiwichick888
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I've just installed the latest standard version v6.17.0 and it has an option to create a portable version. |
Miranda IM is an extensible, customizable instant messenger client supporting Facebook, Gadu-Gadu, Jabber, ICQ, IRC, MSN, Yahoo and more. The program can support more protocols via an extended plugin system to include Netsend, IAX, Tlen etc. and an add-on system can add other features such as skins, an RSS feed reader, weather alert, world clock, secure messaging etc.
Note: it is no longer maintained, but its fork Miranda NG can be used instead.
Alternatively, Miranda IM Portable is another portable version.
Category: | |
Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GPL v2 |
How to extract: |
Using the installer:
Using the 7zip versions:
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Similar/alternative apps: | Miranda NG, Pidgin |
What's new? |
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Latest comments |
billon
on 2017-08-22 16:57
Program is dead, addons' link is dead, forum is dead, wiki is dead, even screenshots' links are dead.
webfork
on 2017-08-24 02:49
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Their site is having some issues. Though I'm only having issues with the addon and wiki site so maybe fixes are underway. |
Sylpheed is a fast email and news client, with support for SMTP, POP3, IMAP4 and NNTP. It handles multiple mail accounts, threaded display, junk mail filtering, security (SSL/TLS), search, etc. Automatically displays mail in threaded (organized by subject) format and integrates easily with Gmail.
Alternatively, X-Sylpheed and Sylpheed Portable are also available.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPL/LGPL |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Mozilla Thunderbird, i.Scribe, Pegasus Mail |
What's new? |
See: http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/news.html |
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hamasaki
on 2014-06-28 04:06
I recently moved away from Thundebird after 10 years use because everytime they update it, it breaks something or it runs slower. Slypheed is excellent. Its fast and reliable and doesn`t render html, which is exactly what I need.
hamasaki
on 2014-06-28 04:10
@lux Maybe this was an earlier version? Now it stores all the data within the app folder, so portable.
domestique
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@Kea: Thanks for the warning re. non-encrypted password storage. It's the same reason I ditched filezilla. |
SSD-Z provides a tabbed interface with diagnostics, analysis, and benchmark tools for your solid state drive. You can view S.M.A.R.T. status, partition layout, NAND, controller, and more.
Alternatively, SSD-Z Portable is also available.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SSD-Z.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | CrystalDiskInfo |
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Gorlash
on 2021-02-22 18:06
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Sadly, this utility has not been updated since 2016, so it does not recognize *any* of the modern SSD drives. 4 of my 5 SSD drives, it just displays no data... |
AkelPad is a plain text editor focused on speed and a small size. The program includes unicode support, available single-document and tabbed interfaces, unlimited file size, and multi-level undo, etc.
Support plugins.
Alternatively, AkelPad Portable portablizes recent files and search history and has both the 32- and 64-bit versions together and chooses the right one. X-AkelPad is also available.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes. If you set Recent Files and Search History to 0 as these are stored in the registry. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of drive-less absolute path (eg. \docs\personal\work.doc without the drive letter) |
License: | BSD |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Notepad++, EditPad Lite |
What's new? |
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__philippe
on 2015-06-04 09:04
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Akelpad v4.9.4 released 03-JUN-2015 : |
System Explorer is a tool for accessing a variety of system internals. It can also be used as a Task Manager replacement with detailed information about processes, startup entries, explorer/IE add-ons, uninstallers, services, drivers, connections, opened files etc. It has a registry/file snapshot feature so that changes to the system can be computed and displayed in tree view or text list format. It also has a processes security tool that checks your processes against an online database.
Alternatively, System Explorer Portable is available.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Nagware |
How to extract: | Download the installer and extract to a folder of your choice. The application files can be found under the {app} subfolder. Launch SystemExplorer.exe. |
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Ayman
on 2013-12-10 23:28
i need to be able to run this app from a CD, it runs will but when i try to exit it won't close because it tries to write to the app folder (on the CD) and it fails of course, is there anything i can get around this issue?
billon
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Updated to 7.1.0, but portable version is gone, previous is gone, everything is gone, see more in forum topic |