A portable application can be run from a removable drive (USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive, etc) on any Windows computer without installation.
You will carry the program with settings on removable drive and don't modify settings on host computer.
On Vista and above turn off User Account Control (UAC) or run launcher as admin.

21 September 2024


Small and fast PDF Reader without installation.
Download Portable FoxitPDFReader 2024.3.0 Multilingual Online (0.3 MB)
English, SimpChinese, TradChinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, PortugueseBR, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish

Extract and run FoxitPDFReaderPortable.
Settings of installed FoxitPDFReader should be preserved.

21 commentaires:

Unknown said...

This seems to download version 5.x, not 6.x.

Bernat said...

You are right, download link has been changed.
Enter: 602.0413

GlacialMan said...

Hi Bernat, now is possible to change language (ex: lang\it_it\mts_lang_it_it.xml). Download page is http://languages.foxitsoftware.com/?proid=24 but integration in your version seems to not work properly. Now Foxit Updater downloads language files, so it's needed (or a modified configuration file is needed). Thanks for your work, bye.

Bernat said...

Online installer updated to multilingual.

jooseng said...

I am able to change the language to Chinese from File-->Preferences-->Language option. But it will change back to English in next start.
However when I update the PortableAppS.com version to 6.1.1.1031 it can retain the changes.

Bernat said...

Updated.

jooseng said...

Thanks for the update but changes still can not be retained.

Bernat said...

You are right, I compiled bad script.
Installer updated.
Only launcher.

jooseng said...

Now work correctly. thank you.

Little Boy said...

Hi there Bernat
Latest version Foxit Reader 8.1.1.1115 installs Foxit reader service(Connected PDF service)..Pls help...Windows 8.1 pro x64...UAC full
Thanks

Bernat said...

Delete FoxitConnectedPDFService.exe in App\FoxitReader\

Little Boy said...

Dear Mr.Bernat
Not just connected pdf but lot of other settings are not saved as well..for instance go to settings>accessibility>replace document colors>Custom color>select custom color for background&text >OK
Open settings again and u will see the setting are not saved....
I need that for reducing strain on the eye and for night mode reading..
thanks

Bernat said...

This is a bug of program itself.
These settings are stored in Data\FoxitReader.reg

If you edit FoxitReader.reg (when Foxit is closed) above:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader 8.0\Preferences\Documents]
changing "bCustomColor"="0" to "bCustomColor"="1"
Foxit will take it when opening but reset to 0 when saving.

Go back to previous version or wait the next.

Saua said...

I´m using the latest version of Foxit Reader 8.3. I get the following message:

"Foxit Reader has been opened by the following app without a valid signature. This may indicate a security issue".

So I check "Remember your choice for this application" but the next time the program starts, I get the same message again. Is there a way to fix it?

Bernat said...

I can't fix it and I think that the only way is to buy a digital signature for my launchers and I will never do it.

Little Boy said...

After a little research I found out there was a very easy way to fix 'Foxit Reader has been opened by the following app without a valid signature' and once that's fixed all settings are being preserved following program restart.... Foxit itself has an option for disabling security warning using settings in the file profstore.xml located in [“C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Foxit Software\\Product Name\\ProfStore”] {here product can be foxit reader or foxit phantom} First you need to download foxit XML editor for your version ( Select 8.3) from XML Editor Then create a folder named "ProfStore" {without quotes and CASE SENSITIVE) for example F:\PortableApps\FoxitReaderPortable\App\FoxitReader\ProfStore .... Now place XML editor inside this folder...open it ... You will see XML-editor foxit phantom opens up..no worries..at the bottom you will see interface button >click it > select Foxit reader>Restart Now you will see XML -Editor FOxit REader... You can customize a lot of things here but at the left hand pane the last item on the list is disable security warning.. after making neceassary changes click on export button and place it(profstore.xml) on this folder(F:\PortableApps\FoxitReaderPortable\App\FoxitReader\ProfStore)..Viola now everything works...
Mr.Bernat hope this helps
Official documentaions : XMLeditor docs

Bernat said...

Many thanks for your help Little Boy!
Installer updated.

Little Boy said...

You are welcome Mr.Bernat
I have a question regarding portableapps created from from Vmware Thinapp....Can this be converted into nsis friendly Portable Apps (paf) format? If not is it possible to upgrade portable software created with Vmware Thinapp...For example in the paf format i can simply extract new version's installer and replace extracted content with contents of AppnamePotable/App/Appname folder...? If no solution any workaround/alternative?
Thanks

Bernat said...

No they can't be converted into "paf" format.
If you created yourself the portable program with ThinApp, you can update the program files and recompile.
If you downloaded the virtualized program on the web, you can't.

Saua said...

Hi.
Today I downloaded latest version but when I start the program it opens non of my PDF files. Right click on a PDF file and select which program to open the file (Foxit), the program starts but shows just the program with a gray windows. But when I start Foxit and open a file within the program it works.
Why?

Bernat said...

You are right: installer updated.
Of course you have to associate pdf files to launcher (FoxitReaderPortable.exe).
For a reason I don't remember the launcher used a shortcut as intermediate and didn't pass parameters.

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