March 6, 2012 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Windows is great. The way Windows installs applications, however, is an out-of-date mess, adding local ...

I’m a big fan of “portable” Windows software. The term refers to applications that can be executed without being installed. From a Defensive Computing standpoint, they offer two big advantages. First, ...

Portable apps are a little-known aspect of Windows that people don't take advantage of enough. Most apps install themselves in various places across your operating system, often relying on existing ...

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Firefox Portable is an application that you don't need to install to your hard drive to use, meaning you can run it from a USB drive. You need only to run the executable file to launch the program. A ...

Windows only: If you're a big fan of portable applications, but there isn't a portable version of your favorite app out there, free app Cameyo will create one for you. Cameyo is extremely simple to ...