portable apps

If you’re about to hand off, sell, donate or recycle a Windows PC, the right way to wipe it matters — not just to protect your privacy, but to avoid hours of post‑sale headaches for the next user. The sensible playbook is simple: migrate what you need, make personal data irrecoverable, and...

PortableApps puts a full toolkit of your favorite Windows apps on a single USB stick so you can boot up — and be productive — on almost any PC without installing anything locally, a deceptively simple idea that solves real pain for technicians, reviewers, and nomads who bounce between machines...

Portable apps make it possible to carry a curated toolkit on a USB stick or in your cloud folder and run the exact same software — with your settings intact — on any Windows PC, and the PortableApps.com platform is the easiest, safest way to do that at scale. The service packages hundreds of...

Tom’s Hardware’s practical rundown of free Windows applications lands where many of us live every day: the toolkit that keeps content, code, and media moving without a subscription bill. The list — which highlights ScreenToGIF, GIMP, Inkscape, Notepad++, Rufus, VLC, and HandBrake — is both a...

When your Windows system grinds to a halt, staring down an unbootable PC or a machine crawling with malware, few tools prove as invaluable as a purpose-built Swiss Army Knife USB drive. Veteran troubleshooters and budding enthusiasts alike have long relied on a carefully-curated USB toolkit to...

For many Windows users, the default suite of built-in tools in the operating system is viewed as sufficient—convenient, if not particularly exciting. But for those striving for greater speed, portability, and customization in daily workflows, relying purely on the Windows defaults has never...

For years, seasoned Windows users have nursed a singular—and some might say, obsessive—grievance: File Explorer, the stock file management tool, simply doesn’t cut it for power users. Sure, it gets the job done for the average person juggling a handful of folders, but if you’ve ever found...

How do I install PortableApps platform in Aomei WinPE? Please only reply if you have personally already done it, I am not asking for theories or suggestions. Thank you. https://www.ubackup.com/pe-builder.html https://portableapps.com/

How do I "deselect all" from this File Types list? I only want to index .exe from my portable apps folder; deselecting file types one by one is not an option as there are hundreds. Thanks

1. We are told that Rohos Mini Drive creates a "strongbox" on a USB drive (or external hard drive??), so why do we need Rohos Disk Portable? 2. Can I have a "container" on my PC's hard drive too? It's a pain having to plug in a USB drive just to look up a password, I tend to use the USB...

Assume I run a program from USB flash drive or network drive. It is not installed on the local Win 7 computer but it works. Hence when I go to menu START--->Control Panel--->Programs--->Default programs this program is NOT listed there as a possible application. So it cannot be defined as a...

Ok, this might get complicated. What I want is a user-level program that has the paths to virtual install locations, so I can test install applications without modifying the real program locations. I ideally want to do this in school, so I can play Roblox without actually installing it to the...

Link Removed Welcome to the first in a series of hands-on blog posts for the Windows Bridge for iOS. The Windows Bridge for iOS is an open-source project that allows you to create Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps that can run on Windows 10 devices using iOS APIs and Objective-C code...

Hello. Previously I've had a computer that would randomly crash, as if I forced it to shut down. Unfortunately, that pc is dead. a capacitor blew in the power source. But my problem now is I have migrated to my dad's pc. None of the problems with my old pc occured until I started using it. So I...

At first an important request: Please read my problem carefully. The solution is not as easy at it seems to be at the first glance! Since WinXP I have a problem when I want to re-assign a file extension to another application (=the program which should be used when double clicking on a certain...

Hi Guys, It's not often that I even post something on a forum, because usually I can find a solution by looking at other peoples posts. However this time, I couldn't find much.. The problem is that I'have had since building my system in january is random BSOD's...

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Link Removed DNS Jumper is a light application to easily change the DNS on the computer in a short time. DNS Jumper also provides a lot of DNS server list such as Google DNS, Open DNS, Ultra DNS, Exatel, Century, Cisco, Open Nic and many more. Also, this application can be used in portable...

Circle Dock: The wheels of the Circle Dock revolution just keep turning unabated!!! Circle Dock What Circle Dock Allows You to Do: -Launch your programs from a circular dock. -Drag and drop your files, folders, and shortcuts onto a circular dock that you can re-size. -Rotate...

Link Removed due to 404 Error Hello boys 'n' girls ! Being tired of the Water Cooler section, I decided to share with you something that I myself have been using for long and that has proved to be quite usefull and very stable. So, here's a way to set different sizes for the Vista taskbar...