Portable apps allows you to take almost any computer program with you including, Openoffice.org(a free alternative to Microsoft Power point and Microsoft word and excel) and also an internet browser that is Mozilla Firefox and a lot more! All you need is an portable device like SD card, Memory Stick and I pods. Installing this allow you to use your favorite program without administrative privileges. 0
To get portable applications installed on your portable device you need to go to Portableapps.com and download one of their suites depending on the amount of space you have on your portable drive and the type of application you want and install it on your portable device .
While installing it make sure you select your portable device’s drive instead of your hard drive. Most of you out there have more than 512+ Megabytes of space on your portable device. So, it is recommended that you download “Suite Standard” from their website which includes Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird Open office and many other programs.
This is extremely useful when you are at a different computer at a different place and you want to use your favorite program or just edit an microsoft document. You may also download different applications from their website.
When you download the full suite you’ll have “Cool Player” and other apps you might not need. Since cool player doesn’t play all the file formats of media you can download vlc player or mplayer. To uninstall a program just delete the folder of the program for
ex: “KeePassPortable” and you’re done.
Wow awesome! Now I can take Gimp with me and i also use open office to edit my ms 2003 and 2007 documents. Thank you very much!“
There are also several apps from FAstStone: capture, image viewer, etc that are portable. Google them!
you can also just go to http://www.portableapps.com/apps and select several categories on the left and download
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