Tag Archives: Portable

Best & Most Recommended Portable Apps

portableapps_usb.jpg A couple of days back I wrote about portable applications, explaining what they are and how to use them. Here is a list of portable applications you can use: Web Browsers Mozilla Firefox Portable version of the popular Firefox Web Browser Google Chrome Google’s Chrome Browser as a portable More »

All About Portable Applications

Portable Applications Logo Software for windows generally comes as an installer package. You run the setup, it asks a few questions and then the application is installed on your computer. However, these days many applications also come packaged as a portable application. In the last few years, portable applications have become More »

5 Free Alternative PDF Viewers for Windows

PDF_Reader_Logo There are many PDF viewers available for Windows. Though Adobe reader is still quite popular, it is not always the best. There are good alternatives which are small and can perform better than Adobe reader. Here are 5 alternative PDF viewers you might want to consider:  Name Current Version Portable More »

Find Out What’s Occupying Your Hard Disk With FilePro

FilePro_Featured So your hard disk is full. You bought a new 1 terabyte hard disk just 6 months back and now it had virtually no free space. And you have no idea what is occupying all that space because in spite of repeated instructions, you did not keep your files and folders organised. So how do you find catch the More »

5 Useful Tips for Opera Desktop users

opera_512x512-150x150 I figure it has been some days since I last wrote anything about my favourite browser Opera. Today I have 5 useful tips. These are simple ones and do not require you to edit any file or deep rooted configurations, just simple preferences. Portable installation – Portable software has gained a lot More »

Creating Profiles in Firefox and Thunderbird Portable

Secondary Profiles in Firefox & Thunderbird Portable Firefox and Thunderbird, both allow creation of multiple profiles. Each profile is totally independent of each other. Separate profiles have different settings, different addons, different toolbar layouts etc. in Firefox, even the bookmarks etc. will not be shared. However, the portable versions of More »