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.
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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.
With PDF Creator you can make any printable document into a PDF, but what happens when you need to combine many PDF’s into just one file. It seems that PortableApps is on a mission to convert a whole lot of new applications into their suite and this is their latest addition. With PDFTK you can combine, split, watermark, and rotate your PDF’s with one simple tool. I had found something similar to this before but it wasn’t open source and it wasn’t free and it was pretty large. This is a great little app that you can run on your pen drive or install it to your computer. A must have for anyone who deals with PDF’s a lot.
Filezilla has been around for a long time and probably the application I use the most for my daily FTP needs. It is super easy, light, portable and runs on any platform. It also comes with a server part so that you can run your own FTP server super easily.
WinSCP is a new application that I have been using and comes with a PortableApps version as well. The only difference is that WinSCP supports SCP file transfers while Filezilla does not. So typically I use Filezilla unless I need SCP. And oddly enough WinSCP is Windows only but will run under Wine in Linux.
As I am trying to write down all the applications I use on a daily basis I almost forgot the most important one. I use Notepad++ probably every day and it is great for quick easy changes to just about any type of file. I use it a lot to make quick changes to php files and stuff like when I don’t want to wait like 10 mins for this awesome dell laptop to boot up Dreamweaver. It is a great time saver and super light and easy to use. There is also a PortableApps version that is helpful to carry around on your pen drive.
Of the many portable apps that I keep installed on my pen drive and use on a daily basis I love Keepass probably the most. This one is great because it easily organizes and stores you passwords, usernames, and URLs for all the accounts that you have. It then encrypts these all into a local file. Only thing is you must remember the original password to unlock the file! This is great for remembering the 500 email accounts you have as well as everyone in your family’s wireless information that you setup and all the web hosting passwords and usernames I have to remember. Some other portable apps I tend to use a lot are: PuTTY, WinSCP, Open Office, Firefox, and Thunderbird. All are light weight and fit on a pen drive no problem.
