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.

Burn CDs and DVDs, including Blu-Ray and HD-DVDs without installation.
Download Portable CDBurnerXP Online (0.3 MB) 17/11/19
In first screen enter: 4.5.8.7128
Need .NET Framework 2.0 or above.
Extract and run CDBurnerXPPortable.
Language set by launcher according UserDefaultLang (if you don't want: write UserDefaultLang=false in CDBurnerXPPortable.ini).
If you drag'n drop a dxp/axp file (project) on (or open with) CDBurnerXPPortable: it will be opened in CDBurnerXP.
Settings of installed CDBurnerXP should be preserved.
Libellés : Disc

GNU Image Manipulation Program without installation.
Download Portable GIMP 32-64 bit Multilingual (69 MB)
Extract and run GIMPPortable.
Copy additional fonts in Data\GIMP\fonts
To change language, add GIMPLanguage=(one of the subfolders names in \App\GIMP\share\locale) in GIMPPortable.ini
If you drag'n drop a file on (or open with) GIMPPortable: it will be opened in GIMP.
Settings of installed GIMP should be preserved.
Libellés : Graphic

Bittorrent Client without installation.
Download Portable Azureus 32-64 bit (9.5 MB)
Download Portable Vuze Leap Online (0.6 MB) 26/02/15
Azureus needs Java Runtime Environment Portable or Installed.
Extract and run AzureusPortable or VuzeLeapPortable.exe.
Settings of installed Azureus should be preserved.
Libellés : Internet

Download manager from file hosts without installation.
Download Portable JDownloader 2 32-64 bit Online (0.2 MB) 18/02/15
Online download latest JDownloader.jar and program will download updates.
Needs Java Runtime Environment Portable or Installed.
Extract and run JDownloader2Portable.
settings in App\JDownloader2\cfg
Java memory max set to 512 MB: edit JDownloaderPortable.ini to change.
Settings of installed JDownloader should be preserved.
Libellés : Internet

Find, organise and share your photos without installation.
Download Portable Picasa Online (0.6 MB) 21/07/15
Extract and run PicasaPortable.
Settings of installed Picasa should be preserved.
Libellés : Graphic

Easily Make Your Bootable CDs and DVDs without installation.
Download Portable EasyBoot (2.6 MB)
Extract and run EasyBootPortable.
Language set by launcher according UserDefaultLang (if you don't want: write UserDefaultLang=false in EasyBootPortable.ini): English, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Czech, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Turkish.
Folders set in EasyBootPortable folder (if you don't want: write PortableFolders=false in EasyBootPortable.ini).
Settings of installed EasyBoot should be preserved.
Libellés : System

Mount rar, zip, DVD, CD, HDD images quickly without installation.
Download Portable WinMount 64 bit (3.7 MB)
Extract and run WinMountPortable_64.
Don't forget to unmount drives before leaving.
Settings of installed WinMount should be preserved.
Libellés : System

Download Portable eMule Plus (2.4 MB)
Peer-to-peer file sharing client without installation.
Extract and run eMulePlusPortable.
Settings and Temp in Data folder, Incoming at the root of portable folder: if you want to fix Incoming and Temp paths, edit eMule.ini in Data.
Settings of installed eMule should be preserved.
Libellés : Internet

Extracting with installers
It is higly recommended to store all you portable apps in a PortableApps folder at the root of your drive (flash or hard disk).
Doing so, installer will found automatically extracting path. If you have several drives with a PortableApps folder at the root, installer will select removable in reverse alphabetical order.
If you want to use another location, just select with "Browse..." button: always the same, even for browser's plugins.
Custom use
The launcher (*Portable.exe) backup local and restore portable settings before launching app. When app is closed, it backup portable and restore local settings. Local settings are registry entries and files or entire folders in host computer, portable settings are stored in Data.
The launcher create and use *Portable.ini file customizable by user.
Disabling splash screen
Although the splash screen does not delay the launch, you can disable it with:
DisableSplashScreen=true in *Portable.ini
You can also put your own splash in Data (must be .bmp with transparency magenta) and write:
SplashScreenName=MySplash in .ini (for MySplash.bmp)
Passing parameters
Launcher pass receipts paramaters to main exe:
- a file dragged'n dropped on launcher will be opened in portable app
- a type of file associated to launcher (Open with...) in explorer will be opened in portable app
To open several files by this way, write:
AllowMultipleInstances=true in .ini
You can sometimes add parameters in .ini with:
AdditionalParameters=
This feature can be added on demand.
Other customization
Open an edit *Portable.ini to change default settings: fix yourself language, paths....
Securities
In abnormal use you will get some error messages:
Check if main exe exists
"...was not found in..." tell you that files expected are not in good location (if you run launcher alone).
Check if main exe is running
"Another...is running. Close..." tell you that another instance (local or portable) of main exe is running.
You can disable this check with AllowMultipleInstances=true in .ini.
Check admin rights
"You are not allowed to write to the registry!!" can explain that portable don't run or not properly.
You can disable this check with CheckRegWrite=false in .ini.
Check good exit
"Last exit of ...Portable did'nt restore settings." appears if Windows crached or was shutting down while portable was running: launcher did not have been able to restore local and backup portable settings and will do it before a new launch (recommended acceptance).

Download Manager without installation.
Download Portable FlashGet 2.0 (2.7 MB)
Extract and run FlashGetPortable.
Settings of installed FlashGet should be preserved.
Libellés : Internet