Portable Apps

I wanted to share a bit of information about portable apps.  They are created to be run from memory sticks but they can also be run from a folder on your PC.

Many applications now are portable.

What are the advatages?

•  There require no admin rights to install as they run from a folder
• It is easy to backup configurations / settings as its all in one folder so to make a copy just copy the folder.
• It is esay for you to configure settings and then share that setup with others.
• No license requirements

Below is a list of what i think are the best.

Mremote - Portable RDP application

Pidgin - Portable Chat client including Google Chat, MSN, AIM, Yahoo + many more

Google Chrome - Browser replacement

Keepass - Portable Password Safe

PDFTK - Split, collate, watermark PDF files

WinSCP - Ftp, SCp client

VLC - Portable media player

7Zip - Zip application which supports RAR + many more file types

Notepad++ - Text editor which will open many many files.

Next time you are looking for an application try searching for a portable version, you never know there might just be one..

What are your favorites?