PortableApps

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We all have our favourite software, browser, emails, bookmarks, etc. So what happens when you have to use someone else's computer, perhaps the one at work, and your favourite "stuff" are not available (and cannot be loaded)? Simple, carry your favourite applications on your USB stick/iPOD/portable hard drive and run them from there without having to instal anything on the host PC. There is very attractive front end interface for launching. PortableApps.com contains many useful open source software (e.g. Eraser, Gimp, KeePass, Mozilla Firefox, OpenOffice, VirtualDub, VLC Media Player, etc.) and even a portable version of Skype is available. Very nice!

Available from http://portableapps.com/ and http://www.portablefreeware.com/