Portable Applications

Have you ever wished you could take your favorite applications with you to work, or anywhere else? You should checkout PortableApps.com. Use Firefox? Got to the site, download the Portable version of Firefox, install it on your USB Flash drive and your're good to go!

You can carry a number of essential applications with you on your pendrive, such as a Microsoft Office substitue called OpenOffice- which can open and save Office files such as Word (*.doc). Some others: ClamWin AntiVirus, Filezilla, GIMP, Thunderbird, VLC Player, WinWGet, etc.

Once you run any of these Portable applications made from Open Source software, all your settings and files stay on your're USB instead of the computer you're working at which is good from a security/privacy standpoint.

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Best Freeware Applications

My type of application is usually small in size, does a specific job very well and leaves a small footprint on my system (ie. no/little registry entries and files).

Here are some of the best apps out there: To obtain any of these Applications, Search Google: 'Download Freeware '. You can use an app called Universal Extractor to extract the downloaded Setup file or install Setup. Some apps require Registry values, etc so to be safe, install the Application. Most of the Single file Executables below run ok without any other files or Registry values.

Note: Most of these are either Freeware or OpenSource while some may be Shareware. There may be some restrictions upon use in a Commercial environment, so always read the included Licenses, if any.

Best single file applications across the whole spectrum of application types: Sysinternals Suite, including Autoruns, Procexp, Procmon and TCPView. CCleaner- cleans your system [to be continued]..

Note: Please respect any Licences contained within any of the Applications listed above in this post. All Applications and Files are the copyrighted material of their respective owners and authors.

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Image: Shows just a few of the best single-file applications I have come across. These and more are included in the above download links.