Well I have never been a big fan of Windows explorer, but at the same time never really found a reason to change what it uses by default. Well I have started using Q-Dir to manage my file directory contents and I find it extremely easy and time saving. I guess I just got used to opening two explorer windows and dragging across the windows but this seems to be so much easier! And using the Hotkey tool I found the other day it makes it as easy as a replacement for explorer as ever!
Tag Archive: PortableApps
This is a very simple program that can create small animated GIF images for websites or whatever you need them for. It is a stand alone application and can be installed on a pen drive.
Simple to use just add the images that you want to create the animation with and then create your transitions and then save the .gif file.
Well if you have ever wanted portable apps on crack this might just be the application for you. With USB keys getting up to 128GB these days trying to find stuff to fill it is about half the fun! Well just ran across this application the other day, it puts Portable Apps to shame and has over 200+ applications that are easily updateable and easy to download new ones. It also allows you to easily add applications that are not part of the general install package.
The ultimate package comes with over 200+ applications and download at about 200MB and unzips to about 600MB. I finally have everything I could ever want on my work laptop without having to worry about actually installing software on it!
I have been looking for this since I started playing with Linux a long time ago. This way you do not have to reboot your machine to run Linux and you can run it natively in Windows. This allows you to run your favorite Linux applications inside Windows without rebooting and it just shows up like a windows application.
Sure you can go the virtual machine route, but that is a huge pain in the butt and can take a long time to setup. This makes it so that Ubuntu runs totally separately from Windows so you can install applications and take it with you and put it in another computer with all your favorite applications ready for you to use. This is hugely helpful for things that need X-windows or any terminal output as Linux does a better job. Lifehacker has a full writeup on the application check it out to read the full article.
Download Portable Ubuntu!
It looks like you can run BitPim (Phone Manager for CDMA phones) as a portable app. All you need to do is download the application, I have already packed everything up and it is good to go. Bitpim Portable
But if you need to do it from scratch first download the application and unpack all the files. Then delete the uninstall files and add a ‘config’ subfolder. Then just create a batch file with the following code:
bitpim.exe -d config
Then you will be able to run Bitpim from your pen drive or external hard drive.
Combine, watermark, split, and rotate your PDF’s into one file with this open source application that has a PortableApps version as well
Click to continue reading “PortableApps – PDFTK Builder Combines PDF’s”
Filezilla and WinSCP make great applications for FTP, sFTP, SCP file transfers and will both run on your pen drive and have a small footprint
Click to continue reading “Filezilla and WinSCP – FTP, sFTP, SCP Clients”
Use Notepad++ to replace your regular notepad application in Windows
KeePass holds all your passwords and encrypts them so you can put it on your pen drive and always have all your usernames and passwords with you and it keeps them encrypted incase you lose your pen drive.
Click to continue reading “KeePass – Portable Password Manager”
