12 Most Useful Portable Apps

February 3rd, 2009 | by admin |

Rather than having the setup file of the softwares you use on daily basis it is always good to have portable apps on your USB stick so you will have your software library available with you everytime.In this post i am gonna list 12 most useful portable apps which most of people use on daily basis like browser,media player,office and some more.

1) Open Office.

OpenOffice.org Portable is a complete office suite — including a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, drawing package and database — packaged as a portable app, so you can take all your documents and everything you need to work with them wherever you go.

2) Firefox.

Mozilla Firefox®, Portable Edition is the popular Mozilla Firefox web browser Launcher as a portable app, so you can take your bookmarks, extensions and saved passwords with you.

3)Filezilla.

FileZilla Portable is the popular FileZilla FTP client packaged, so you can take your server list and settings with you. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or on a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.

4) CCleaner.

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that it’s fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware!

5) GIMP.

GIMP Portable is the popular the GIMP for Windows image editor packaged as a portable app, so you can take your images with you and do your editing on the go.

6) WinGet.

WinWGet Portable is the lightweight WinWGet download manager packaged as a portable app, so take your download manager and downloads with you. WinWGet uses the powerful Wget a backend. It has all the same great features of WinWGet. And, as with all PortableApps.com apps, it leaves no personal information behind on the machine you run it on.

7) VLC Media Player.

VLC Media Player Portable is the popular VLC media player packaged as a portable app, so you can take your audio and video files along with everything you need to play them on the go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.

aMSN.

aMSN is a free open source MSN Messenger clone packaged as a portable app, so you can chat or video chat with your MSN contacts on the go.

9) Notepad ++

Notepad++ Portable is the handy Notepad++ text editor packaged as a portable app so you can do your development on the go. It has all the same great features of Notepad++ including support for multiple languages and an extensive plugin system, but there’s nothing to install.

10) Sumatra PDF Reader.

Sumatra PDF Portable is the lightweight Sumatra PDF packaged as a portable app, so you can view PDF files on the go. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind.

11) Yahoo Messenger.

Use Yahoo! Messenger to call and talk over the Internet just like you’re on the phone. All you need is a headset, or a microphone and speakers. It’s that easy – just click the Call button. If no one’s there, leave a voicemail!You can also get much better sound quality than regular phone lines. Try it out – you and your friends will really hear a difference.Find, add, share friends… It’s easier than ever to add and invite friends to Messenger. You can even send your contact information to a friend’s Address Book

12) Mozilla Thunderbird.

Mozilla Thunderbird®, Portable Edition is the popular Mozilla Thunderbird email client bundled with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app, so you can take your email, address book and account settings with you. You can also add in GPG and Enigmail to encrypt and sign your email.

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