Portable Programs?

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  1. Nemihara

    Nemihara Ancient
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    Does anyone else here use them? Apps like Portable Firefox, Skype, anything that can be run from a portable flash drive or CD or HDD. I have a collection of small games, freeware apps of professional programs, and other things. If you have some cool free apps that are portable, discuss!
     
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    I use them but don't have very many. (Just basics like firefox and such) Where do you get yours?
     
  3. Meta93

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    I always keep a copy of Blender and Gimp on my flashdrive
     
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    Where can I get a good working portable proxy?
     
  5. Nemihara

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    Answering on where I get my copies:
    • PortableApps.com is a good site that has a lot of different apps hosted there.
    • PortableFreeware.com is another site that is filled with smaller, less specialized apps.
    • For more sites, there's always Google.

    My friend says that there are free patches online that will make a legally bought version of Photoshop CS3 portable, but I don't know whether or not it's true.


    Here's a list of what I use:
    • RocketDock (Makes it look like the Mac dock)
    • Paint.NET Portable (Portable Photoshop imitator)
    • Winamp Lite (Free portable version of Winamp Pro)
    • VLC Portable (Universal Media Player; plays videos, music, and pictures)
    • Firefox Portable (Portable Internet Browser)
    • Thunderbird Portable (Portable Email reader)
    • Skype (Skype is, by default, portable, but you need to import your contacts list)
    • CMD Prompt Portable (CMD line portable)
    • WinDirStat Portable (Finds what files are hogging your memory [Not RAM memory, in Bytes])
    • Notepad++ Portable (Notepad Successor)
    • KGB Archive (Freeware, can compress 1 GB to 5 MB, untested)
    • WinRar (Just copy the file structure and you're fine)
     

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