Portable software doesn't need to be installed.
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Firefox Portable: addons are marked as “not compatible”
I'm using Firefox Portable from portableapps.com, the program is stored in my Dropbox folder.
Everything works OK, except for a few addons, namely: LastPass and URL Alias. When I finished to work ...
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Is there a portable VPN client that actually works? [closed]
I have tried ultrasurf and it no longer works. What's a VPN client that is portable and still works? HTTPS would be nice, however it's not needed...
I don't have admin on the computers I'll use this ...
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Standalone - GnuPG
I might just be dumb, but according to http://www.gnupg.org/ there is a standalone (or portable) version that one can get of GnuPG. That is, there is a version of GnuPG that doesn't require any ...
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Bluetooth Tethering vs Portable Wi-fi Hotspot
I am sharing the 3G connection of my phone with my tablet wirelessly. I can use either Bluetooth tethering or make my phone a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Which of the two options is better considering ...
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Portable LaTeX + visual editor required [closed]
I'm a software developer. It happens to me that I need to write some code and/or documentation using different computers in different places. As you can understand, it's a bit annoying to install all ...
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Looking for a desktop case that fits in standard overhead luggage [closed]
I'm looking in to building myself a desktop on wheels that I can take with me when I travel because I like the power of a desktop and laptops are too expensive for what you get and not to mention ...
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Standalone - DosBox
I hope that this question is ontopic here.
I am looking for a standalone version of DosBox to run under Windows 7 (64 bit). I found:
http://www.pendriveapps.com/dosbox-dos-emulator/
...
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1answer
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Make PHP files on a USB flash drive load in portable Notepad++ by default? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Portable file association for USB sticks?
I have a USB flash drive, called CLINIC, that contains a portable copy of Notepad++ for Windows. CLINIC also contain some PHP ...
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Going overseas for while and using internet cafes, which precautions to take against keyloggers etc?
Ok lets say I'm taking an extended overseas trip and won't have a laptop with me. Reasons being it'll be too heavy to carry and also the country I'm in isn't very safe for carrying expensive items ...
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How can I batch convert flac files to wav?
I'm using Windows XP, and I have several (about 160) flac files which I need to convert to wav. Since it is not practical to convert so many one by one, I need a utility that can convert them, but ...
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Encryption of external HDD — accessible from windows without installation
I would like to use encryption on my external HDD but I would like to be able to access the encrypted data from Windows as well. As suggested in other questions, TrueCrypt is one option here, or I am ...
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Portable Emacs TRAMP problems
I put NT Emacs on a usb drive so that I could use it on my University library's Windows machines on days where I can't bring my linux laptop with me. Most of my work involves editing files remotely ...
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Hard Drive uses
I have just purchased a Seagate 500GB Expansion USB portable hard drive, to back up pictures and files from my new Toshiba laptop. I have tried to write the system recovery discs onto some new TDK ...
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Portable Internet Explorer 10 application?
Is there a portable IE 10 version?
Perhaps a portable package that runs virtualized. Currently I am running Win8 with IE 10 inside a VW, which eats up much more resources than I would like.
I ...
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2answers
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Is it possible to live-boot VirtualBox from a USB flash drive?
To clarify, I'm not asking if you can boot from USB from within VirtualBox.
I would like to make a portable version of Windows 7 that I can run from a USB drive on any machine. I'm putting a distro ...
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0answers
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Debian as USB hardware portable as possible
I have recent hardware, 64 bit, pae and so on. But I'd like to have my Debian installation on a USB HDD. Installing Debian to USB is solved. I used the i386 architecture image.
But a pae kernel has ...
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1answer
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Portable Display doesn't work anymore [closed]
My USB portable monitor will not work since I installed the hard drive onto an HP laptop. I have installed all the new hardware drivers and do not have any more device issues in device manager view. ...
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1answer
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Portable IRC multi-computer usage with same user
I use an IRC client both at home and at work. I would like both computers to use the same user (for IDENT purposes and avoiding multiple nicks etc)
Typically, the home computer is always-on, and is ...
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1answer
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portable opengpg?
I would like a portable opengpg binary/frontend for windows (bonus linux as well) so i can decrypt emails written to me at any time. So far all the programs i found requires installation and seems to ...
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1answer
388 views
Portable apps, Dropbox & default programs?
Currently I'm using Sublime Text 2 portable & I have put it inside dropbox to sync with my work PC. The problem is I can't set it as a default program to open HTML/CSS/PHP etc.. files, whenever I ...
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1answer
304 views
Creating a Windows mountable partition in a file on my phone
I have a Galaxy Nexus that only provides MTP and PTP USB connectivity. Because of that, I cannot install portable applications since it does not act as a USB device (here is word from a Google ...
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3answers
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Convert file from VOC to MP3
I would like to convert a sound file (from a digital voice recorder) with the extension .voc to an .mp3 file or some other common sound files. I am on Windows 7 64 bit.
I have tried the program ...
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0answers
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Portable pdf-viewer which supports video embeddings produced by latex movie15 or media9 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Portable pdf-viewer where I can configure which external movie player is used
Is there any portable pdf-viewer for windows which supports embedded videos produced by ...
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2answers
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portable cross-platform WebDAV Client
I am looking for a portable application that will allow me to do this:
Browse a WebDAV share and open a file.
Edit the file locally.
Save the file, and automatically propagate the change to WebDAV.
...
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1answer
103 views
How do I tell an app that the home folder is located somewhere else?
Here's the basic script from a batch file. I'm trying to do something similar to this, but on Linux that would tell Minecraft(Java) that the home folder was located somewhere else (like a flash ...
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Remote Desktop or Streaming Software/Services that Supports Gaming
I've simply been amazed by the quality and speed of Onlive, as this technology has the potential of making hardware requirements irrelevant to the average user. However, at the moment Onlive is only ...
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2answers
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Boot from flash drive then start VirtualBox
I want to put a very small OS on a flash drive with minimum necessary requirements for running VirtualBox 64 bit machines. Can I make it with Tiny Linux or something similar?
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Portable file association for USB sticks?
I have a usb stick with PortableApps that I carry around between different places.
But one thing that annoys me, is when I open a file (such as *.flv or *.html), either Windows says it is unsupported ...
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2answers
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Corrupted hard drive. Want to format it, but want to copy a image (of the corrupted) as a backup
My hard drive just corrupted again (think it because i didn't eject via Windows because it wouldn't let me, no programs was using files on the drive either).
I've recovered some files but got a lot ...
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2answers
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Portable HDD keeps corrupting? popup “format this drive to use it etc”
I've got a ADATA Superior SH93 (500GB) for a while now. Formatted as NTFS. And within the first week two times the drive got corrupted (asks me to format it to be able to use it, although it was ...
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1answer
937 views
Fresh windows 7 install FROM a USB portable HD / Passport HD [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Installing Windows 7 from a USB Hard Drive
I have a portable HD and i want to install windows 7 from it as i have no USB or cd to work with. Is this do-able?
I have so ...
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1answer
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Fresh windows 7 install FROM a portable HD / Passport HD [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Install Windows 7 through USB Drive?
I have a portable HD and i want to install windows 7 from it as i have no USB or cd to work with. Is this do-able?
I have so far ...
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0answers
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Is it possible to extract contents of a ThinApp container?
Is there possible to extract such packages made by somebody else.
Ok, so if there is no general way of extracting such archives, which can be a huge exe file or tiny exe starter with huge packed ...
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1answer
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How can I prevent a portable Chromium from saving settings to the hard disk?
I have a USB flash drive with a nightly version of Chromium on it. It's meant to run on somebody's computer without the need of installing Chromium on it.
The problem is that it's still saving the ...
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1answer
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Maintaining “Portability” Between Linux and Windows 7
I am using the following ways in my office's Windows 7 machine to maintain my "portabilibity" when disaster strikes and I need to switch computer while I have no luxury of time for reinstalling all my ...
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Autostart on USB-Stick connect - Kubuntu
I am currently using a portable version of Keepass on my USB Stick. Now I am searching for a way to automatically start that when I connect my USB Stick to my machine.
The Stick already gets ...
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2answers
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Is there a portable (non-su) file sync application for linux?
On my own machine, I use unison, but I need a different solution for my machine @work.
I have no superuser permissions and dropbox et al. are blacklisted.
The only thing I can use is a USB stick. ...
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2answers
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Portable C compiler for Windows on USB stick
I am looking for a portable C compiler to run from an USB stick on Windows (XP or higher).
If it's a GCC portable version, that's a plus. If it's also (optionally) a C++ compiler, that's a plus too.
...
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1answer
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How to disable Firefox Portable from automatically loading plugins
Firefox Portable automatically loads plugins that exist on the host system. It probably doesn't make much of a difference, but I would like to only load plugins that I have added to my ...
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Firefox portable deactivates several addons when using USB-Stick on another PC
My USB stick with Firefox portable works fine on my laptop, but if I use it in any desktop PC, Firefox addons manager deactivates several (not all, but always the same) addons, so I have to update all ...
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1answer
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Chromium ignores user data relocation command line switch?
I'm trying to make Chromium portable, and according to this page I have to add --user-data-dir=<dir> as a command line-switch to chromium in order to use a custom directory to save personal ...
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Thunderbird portable Searches multiple mail boxes
I have a portable installation of Thunderbird 3 (WinXP) with my old archive with four local mail boxes. I would like to search in all mail boxes at same time, but I can't do it. I havealready enabled ...
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1answer
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Which executables I can delete in the “bin” directory of MySQL for a lightweight distribution
I need to create a very lightweight distribution of MySQL for Windows.
I've already downloaded a portable (no install) version, I removed some non vital directories (like mysql-test and similar), and ...
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2answers
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Portable webserver with support for SSI
Is there any small servers (portable is what I specifically need) that are available with support for SSI (server side includes)? I need to be able to test my includes before I upload them online.
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3answers
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Portable Wiki which stores .txt or HTML files
I know there are TiddlyWiki but I need one which stores HTML or even .txt files.
I want to use this Wiki like a personal blog, i want to log my life (probably cringy to you) and things I've done, ...
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3answers
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Is there a wiki server that works from pendrive?
I want to do a wiki for documentation of my project, but I develop it in some different places, so I want to have all the information of the wiki on my pendrive.
There is some way to do all the ...
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1answer
249 views
Is installing applications on a network drive going to make them slow?
I have installed a few portable apps onto my network drive at work. Are they going to run noticeably slower than if I store them locally?
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1answer
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Installing NetBeans IDE + GlassFish in Dropbox
I want to have my development environment synchronized, so I installed NetBeans 7.0, GlassFish 3.1 and JDK 6u25 in a Dropbox folder.
The IDE works fine after setting up /etc/netbeans.conf:
# ${HOME} ...
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1answer
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firefox portable: doesnt open links from other applications
I'm having a very annoying problem: I'm using Firefox 4 Portable on my office PC, everything is ok except when clicking links from my email programm or messenger. Firefox (already running) won't open ...
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3answers
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What program can be used to package software into one executable?
I need to package an application into a single executable file (so that I don't have to install it, so that it will be portable). Does anybody know what I can use to make a program portable?
