How to find and download portable freeware

by

Guy Dewar

6 October 2010


Sites referenced in the talk.

http://www.portableapps.com/suite

http://acfwiki.pbworks.com/NoInstallFreeware

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-make-skype-work-on-a-portable-usb-stick/

http://www.legroom.net/software/uniextract  (Universal installer extractor)


Portable Apps Freeware Sites

(N.B collected over years, no guarantee all sites still work.)

http://www.bestsoftware4download.com/s-yzeiiilo-portable-freeware-software.html

http://www.bestvistadownloads.com/download-portable-freeware-software.html

DSLinux - http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/index.html

FileTransit - http://www.filetransit.com/freeware.php?name=Portable

InfoBox (bottom of page) -
http://www.theinfobox.com/index.php?title=Portable_USB_Apps
http://www.theinfobox.com/index.php?title=Essential_Software_Collection

Kikizas - http://www.kikizas.net/en/usbapps.html

Loosewire - http://loosewire.typepad.com/blog/2005/04/an_updated_dire.html

NedWolf - http://nedwolf.com/Freeware-Portable.htm

PenDriveApps - http://www.pendriveapps.com/

PenSuite - http://pensuite.wininizio.it/eng/?page_id=15

Portable Apps - http://portableapps.com/

Porable Freeware - http://www.portablefreeware.com/all.php

Portable Office Exec - http://users.telenet.be/Robvdb/PortOffExec.htm

Portable Open-Source - http://nothickmanuals.info/doku.php/portableopensource

Portable P&A - http://www.psychpage.com/tech/portable.html

Snapfiles - http://www.snapfiles.com/features/ed_usb_software.html

TechTastic - http://www.techtastic.ca/articles/portable.html

TinyApps - http://www.tinyapps.org/

Ultimate Usb article - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1849710,00.asp

Usb Boot article - http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1676&page=1

UsbSpace (Not free) - http://www.usbspace.com/

wikipedia list - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_portable_applications


USB Autostart

APO USB Autorun - http://archidune.com/index.php?id=4
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/usbautorun.html
PStart - http://www.pegtop.de/start/

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Portable version of TB 2.0.0.5
Last Update here:
http://www.winpenpack.com/main/download.php?view.30


Portable Apps Freeware Sites

Combobulate - http://www.combobulate.com/node/13

Dirk Loss - http://www.dirk-loss.de/win-tools.htm

FileTransit - http://www.filetransit.com/freeware.php?name=Portable

FreeCommander - http://www.freecommander.com/fc_u3_en.htm

Koolgo Apps - http://www.koolgo.net/content/info.php

Loosewire - http://loosewire.typepad.com/blog/2005/04/an_updated_dire.html

NedWolf - http://nedwolf.com/Freeware-Portable.htm

PenDriveApps - http://www.pendriveapps.com/

PenSuite - http://pensuite.wininizio.it/eng/?page_id=15

PicoFactory - http://picofactory.com/

Portable P&A - http://www.psychpage.com/tech/portable.html

Snapfiles - http://www.snapfiles.com/features/ed_usb_software.html

TechTastic - http://www.techtastic.ca/articles/portable.html

TinyApps - http://www.tinyapps.org/

TinyInternet - http://tinyinternet.pbwiki.com/

Ultimate Usb article - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1849710,00.asp

WinInizio Pensuite - http://pensuite.wininizio.it/eng/index.php

http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable

http://portableapps.com/suite


http://www.portablefreeware.com/all.php (good site!)

http://nedwolf.com/Freeware-Portable.htm

http://acfwiki.pbwiki.com/NoInstallFreeware

http://www.archidune.com/index.php?id=4

http://www.app-stick.com/index.php

http://usb.smithtech.us/index.php

http://www.snapfiles.com/features/ed_usb_software.html

A list of apps believed to be portable:

7-Zip
40tude Dialog
Abiword
Advanced Renamer
BPBiblePortable
CCleaner
Chaos Manager 2
ClamWin
Eraser
EssentialPIM
Firefox
FreeCommander
Google Chrome
IconShop
IE Password Viewer
Irfanview
Keepass
KompoZer
MP-Crypt
MPlayer
MultiFile Tool
Neutron Time Sync
OpenOffice
PDF Viewer
PDFTKBuilder
Phoxel Unit Converter
PokerTH
POPPeeper
PSPad
Q-Dir
Revo Uninstaller
SIW
Thunderbird
Toucan
Treepad
TrueCrypt
Universal Extractor
VideoCacheViewer
VLC
Wimpy FLV
WinMerge
Xnews