Applications Portables Papoo

Un choix de freeware  pour Windows pouvant fonctionner sur une clé USB extrait du site kikizas.net

launchers

• AutoHotkey » 0.2, os, . 200508: Launch apps by hotkeys, carry your abbreviations with you, do almost anything.
• PStart » 0.6. 200505: For portable or non-portable use. Menu & submenus, hotkeys for menu and panel, hotkeys for apps, scheduler for apps, notes w/ reminders, scans the drive for executables, incremental search of start menu and PStart menu. By PEGTOP. 200509: Upd. desc. for v. 2.0.4.

file utilities

• 1-4a Rename » 0.7. 200508: File renamer w/ rare features, e.g., can rename a character only after its n^th occurence. Use parameters /e and /noc (Expert Mode, No Online Check). Examples » By Janic.
• 7za » 0.6, os. CLI version of 7-Zip. For .zip and .rar archives use A43 or freeCommander.
• Copy Handler » 0.6, os. 200510: Handles file transfers. Several l10ns, Chinese, English, and Polish Help. By Ixen Gerthannes.
• Flexible Renamer » 1.4. 200511: Friendly file/folder renamer. English and Japanese GUI and documentation. Japanese page » By Naru.
• freeCommander » 1.2, ∩. Dual-pane file manager, zips/unzips, unrars, makes sfx files, wipes, splits, searches in zip/rar/cab archives, has visual filters, custom hotkeys, custom layouts, makes/verifies MD5 checksums, and more. Several l10s. By Marek Jasinski. 200509: Upd. desc. for v. 2005.09.
• PC Inspector File Recovery » 5.9, ∩. 200507: Wider in functionality than Restoration. Restores partitions also. Do not run from the drive or partition of the deleted data. Interface & help in several l10ns. By PC Inspector.
• Splitter Light » 0.1. Splits and rejoins files or directories (including subdirectories). Friendly. By Martin Stoeckli.
• Unstoppable Copier » 0.1. Copy files from damaged media (not damaged files from healthy media). By Roadkil.
• UPX » 0.2, os. CLI tool to compress executables. You can save some space in the keydrive, and make programs load faster. By Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer and László Molnár. Jazz-UPX » is a graphical interface for UPX.
• XYplorer » 1.6, ∩. 200507: File manager w/ tabs, powerful search & preview, renaming, directory/file info export, and more. By Donald Lessau. 200603: Gone shareware. Last freeware version »

security, privacy

• AVERT Stinger » 0.9. Same as above. By McAfee.
• F-Prot for DOS » 4.4. Antivirus on-demand scanner for DOS.
• KeePass » 0.4, u1, os. Store/manage/autocomplete usernames/passwords. Many features, excellent documentation. Can store everything (including the encrypted database) in its directory. Also for PocketPC, Linux, Mac OS X. By Dominik Reichl. 200607: Upd. info.
• LockNote » 0.3, os. 200601: Simple notepad to protect your notes with strong encryption. By Steganos. Alt. link: sourceforge.net/projects/locknote
• Trend Micro Sysclean Package » 20.3. 200602: Full-blown stand-alone package to detect and remove malware in general. You need two downloads: the engine, under “If you are not a Trend Micro customer”, and the database » There is no automatic update, so you will have to visit the page from time to time to get updates. Instructions » (It can take a while to load from a keydrive.) Suggested by Roman.
• TrueCrypt » 0.1, os. 200507: “[C]reate a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mount it as a real disk”, “encrypt an entire partition or a device, such as USB memory stick, floppy disk, etc”. It can be used from a USB stick in “traveller mode”, i.e., without installation. Several l10s. By the TrueCrypt Foundation. Lock your USB Drive up » is a tutorial by Juan D.

internet

• µTorrent » 0.1. 200509: Tiny BitTorrent client w/ amazing set of features. By Ludvig Strigeus. For portable use, “copy settings.dat (located in %AppData%\uTorrent) to the same folder as uTorrent.exe”.
• Abyss Web Server X1 » 0.6, ∩. 200509: Easy to set up, detailed Help. For portable use, put a dot for root path in abyss.conf. For PHP, move the PHP directory in the Abyss directory, and adapt the path in abyss.conf. Many l10ns. By Aprelium Technologies.
• d3 Traceroute » 1.6, u0. 200511: Tracerouter, whois, port scanner, and more. English and German. By Holger Lembke.
• FileZilla » 3.5, u1, os. (S)FTP client. The first time it runs, it asks whether to store settings in the registry or in its directory.
• Firefox Portable » 16.2, os. Fully functional. Read the instructions! Packaged by John Haller.
• HFS (Http File Server) » 0.6, os. 200511: HTTP server to transfer files. Easy to use, w/ extended help file. By Massimo Melina. 200607: Upd. info for v. 2.0.
• i.Scribe » 1.1. Email client w/ calendar and bayesian antispam filter. It supports one account and one identity. Help included. Runs on Linux also. By Matthew Allen.
• Lynx » 3.2, os, ∩. 200510: The text browser. Exhaustive help included.
• Miranda IM » r2, 1.7, os. Instant Messenger for all major protocols (AIM, ICQ, IRC, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo), extensible via plugins. Writes one key in registry (not settings).
• NetMeter » 0.3, ∩. 200603: Small, customizable network bandwidth monitor. By ReadError.
• nPOP » 0.2, os. 200506: Tiny emailer. Clean GUI, keyboard support, multiple accounts. It is gentle on the drive, writing only upon exit. By Tomoaki Nakashima. (Suggested by Mervin McDougall)
• Off by one » 1.9. Browser with its own rendering engine and tabbed interface. Supports HTML 3.2, and SSL, does not support CSS, JavaScript, and Flash. By Home Page Productions. Settings are kept in C:\Windows\Ob1.ini, unless it finds an Ob1.ini file in its directory. Εither make an empty Ob1.ini file in its directory, or copy Ob1.ini from C:\Windows.
• Ping Plotter » 0.3, ∩. Tracerouter. By PingPlotter.
• PuTTy » 0.4, os. Free Telnet/SSH Client, with xterm terminal emulator. Settings are stored in registry. The alternative, by the author himself, Simon Tatham, is a batch file to import settings, start the program and then export and delete them from the registry: Storing configuration in a file »
• Skype » 14.1, u1, ∩. 200511: Since 1.4. Install, make a directory in the keydrive, say: Skype, and copy Skype.exe there. Then make a subdirectory, say: Skypedata, and start the program with the parameters: /datapath:Skypedata /removable — Example. Source: share.skype.com.
• Sylpheed » 22.0, u1, os. 200512: Email client. Lighter than Thunderbird, fuller than the nanomailers, no Bayesian filter yet. Documentation in English, Japanese. By Hiroyuki Yamamoto. Use parameter: –configdir mydata (see Readme).
• Thunderbird Portable » 8.9, os. The best email client. Packaged by John Haller. Read the instructions!
• TYPSoft FTP Server » 1.0, os. 200511: Friendly FTP server. Site and Help in English and French, several l10ns. By Marc Bergeron.
• Uniform Server » 17.3, os. 200511: WAMP package (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP). Next version (3.3) will also work on 98/ME. By the Uniform Server Development Team.

text & productivity

• AbiWord Portable » 13.7, os. 200510: Word processor. Packaged by John Haller. Note: AbiWord in general does not like large Word documents.
• BDV Notepad » 0.4. 200511: Enhanced notepad. Several l10ns, help in English and Spanish, site in English and Russian. By BaDeVlad.
• ClipX » 0.1, u1, ∩. 200512: Since v. 1.0.3.8. “[T]iny clipboard history manager”. Good handling of multiple alphabets, convenient search, customizable, extensible via plugins. By Francis Gastellu.
• EssentialPIM » 1.0. 200506: Portable PIM. Exports in various formats, has a notes organizer w/ rtf (for formatting, bulleted lists, etc.), several l10ns, and Help file. By EssentialPIM Ltd. 200509: v. 1.6 has a small but distracting rotating ad of the Pro version. 200601: New in portable v. of 1.7, 2006-01-13: if installed on a flash drive, it uses portable settings; otherwise, it uses non-portable settings.
• ExtPhr32 » 0.5, ∩. 200509: “Extracts every word and every phrase up to a certain length that occurs at least a minimum number of times in a source text and that does not start or end with a stopword”. By Timothy Craven.
• KeyNote » 2.2, os. Powerful notes organizer. It uses tree form and tabs. By Marek Jedlinski.
• MemPad » 0.1. 200510: Like Treepad/KeyNote, w/ basic functionality, encryption in RC4, English and German Help. By Horst Schaeffer.
• MoinMoin DesktopEdition » 7.1, os. 200512: Self-contained package of the MoinMoin wiki software, can be used as a PIM. Unpack and run. Packaged by Alexander Schremmer. Slight bug in self-contained Win version (v. 1.3.4-2): FindPage cannot find changes made in the current session. Restart.
• Notepad++ » 1.5, os. 200511: Since v. 3.3. Editor based on Scintilla (as SciTE is). Notable features include: custom hotkeys, folding, highlighting of found strings, macros, regex, split view, tabs. Many l10ns, Help file. Install w/ portable settings, or use the zip file. By Don HO.
• NoteTab Light » 2.8. 200506: Text editor full of tools and utilities. By Fookes Software.
• OpenOffice Portable » 138.0, os. Full office suite. Packaged by John Haller. Read the Known Issues.
• PDF Reader » r1, 2.8. Fast, unintrusive, reads all .pdf files, offers 15% of Adobe Reader’s functionality, which is what 95% of people need. It does not render text as clearly. Stores settings in registry. By FOXIT Software.
• PDFTK Builder » 2.1, os, ∩. 200512: Cut/merge pdf files, add passwords, and more. By Angus Johnson. It is a graphical interface for the CLI tool pdftk: www.accesspdf.com/pdftk
• Replace in Files » 0.1, ∩. 200511: Does recursive scan, optionally case sensitive, can keep backups. No regex, or replacement over multiple lines. (We know of no portable GUI tool that does that.) By Emurasoft.
• ShirusuPad » 0.5. 200509: Innovative notekeeper. Extract to any directory. By Daniel Crkvencic. (Via www.essential-freebies.de)
• SciTE » 1.0, os. Advanced text/source editor. By Neil Hodgson.
• Stickies » 0.6, ∩. 200511: Make a file stickies.ini in its directory, or copy this file from the user profile. See Help, Directory Usage. By Tom Revell.
• TextDiff » 0.7, os. 200511: Drag & drop, in-place editing, merging, search & replace. By Angus Johnson.
• TextHarvest » 3.1, ∩. 200508: “Reads files and copies the information you want, based on a list of text strings you specify. You can keep certain lines of data while skipping others”. Includes Help with examples. By Pinnacle Software.
• TreePad Lite » r1, 0.4. Friendliest notes organizer. Uses tree form. Stores settings in registry. By Henk Hagedoorn. 200503: Full portability is planned for future editions!
• UK’s Kalender » 1.0. 200602: Not specifically British or Northern Irish, just made by Ulrich Krebs. Friendly, customizable calendar and task scheduler with lots of features. English, German, Italian, Polish. Site and documentation in German and English. Suggested by Roman.
• Win32Pad » 0.1, u1. Fast, advanced notepad. Help included. Settings kept in user profile, unless win32pad.ini is found in the program’s directory. By Gennady Feldman. 200511: Upd. desc. for v. 1.5.9.1. 200608: Supports Unicode since v. 1.5.10.
• Wisterer HX » 7.0, u0. 200511: Reminders, calendar, adress and phone book. Exports in various formats, imports from OE and Palms. Data are saved in .xml format. USB version available. German only. By Michael Maier.

music & multimedia

• 1by1 » 0.1, ∩. The directory player. By Martin Pesch.

• Burrrn » 2.1, ∩. 200510: “[F]or burrrning [sic] audio CDs with CD-Text from various audio files.” Loveable! Many l10ns. By Gambit.
• CDex 1.60++ » 3.1, os. To rip and encode CDs. Modification by tycho.
• CoolPlayer » 0.6, os. Light music player, supports Winamp plugins. (Crackles at irregular intervals in some systems.) By The CoolPlayer Team.
• GiveMeTac » 1.0, ∩. 200510: Métronome virtuel. Adjustable volume, beat, beat sound. English, French. By Graphys. Via www.libellules.ch/dotclear.
• IrfanView » 1.3, ∩. Image viewer/editor. The extra plugins take 6.33 MB (v. 3.95). By Irfan Skiljan.
• mp3DirectCut » 0.2, ∩. 200508: Cut/copy/paste mp3 files, change the volume. Easy, reliable, quick. By Martin Pesch.
• oggdropXPd » 0.6, u0, os. 200506: “A drag-and-drop Ogg Vorbis encoder/decoder/player for the eXPerienced user. Features include compression from lossless files (Monkeys Audio, LPAC, FLAC and OptimFROG), auto-tagging, renaming of encoded files, setting of advanced encoder parameters, use of VorbisGain tags on decode, Playlist (.m3u) creation, and others.” By John Edwards.
• PhotoFiltre » 3.2, l1, u0, ∩. Friendly, efficient image retoucher. By Antonio da Cruz.
• VLC media player » 16.3, os. By default stores personal settings and the plugins cache in the user profile. Use parameters: --no-plugins-cache and --config="vlcrc".
• XnView » 3.1, r2. Image viewer/editor. In Options/Install there is option to store settings portably. This setting is stored in the registry. By Pierre Gougelet.

system tools & utilities

• BurnCDCC » 0.2. 200507: Burn an ISO file to a CD or DVD. By TeraByte Unlimited.
• CPU-Z » 0.7. 200508: Gathers info about CPU, motherboard, and memory. By Franck Delattre.
• Directory Lister » 0.2, u0. 200506: Powerful and friendly, exports to .html, .txt, .csv. Help, many l10ns. Comes w/ installer or in .rar archive. By KRKsoft. 200511: Upd. for v. 0.9.
• DirMS » 0.2. 200507: Efficient CLI defragmenter for NT/2000/XP. Get v. 1.2.20, not the “Service and GUI”. (You have to visit the licence page first.) Usage: X:\Apps\Tools\dirms c -q defragments partition C. Omitting -q makes the process “glacially slow”, says the author, Leroy Dissinger.
• DustBuster » 0.1, ∩. Powerful but potentially dangerous cleaner. Read the Readme. By Stefano Nurchi. Alt.
• Easy Cleaner » 2.6. For registry cleaning use Regseeker. For everything else, Easy Cleaner. Many l10s. By Toni Helenius.
• Faber Toys » 1.1, ∩. Alt. link » 200509: “A system utility, mainly developed for power users who want to know what’s going on in their computers. It may also be used by programmers as a tool for tracking their applications.” By Fabio Vescarelli. For languages other than English, adapt the language path in Config.cfg. E.g., LanguagePath=.\Language\Italian.dat
• i.Disk » 0.3. 200506: “Ever wanted to know where all the used space on your hard disk was hiding?” By Matthew Allen.
• ISOBurn » 0.2, ∩. 200506: To burn CD images. Also erases CD-RWs. By Dirk Paehl.
• LC ISO Creator » 0.1. 200507: “Creates ISO files from CD/DVD-ROM”. Efficient, friendly. By Lucersoft.
• NiftyWindows » 0.4, os. 200508: Advanced handling of windows, and more. Try it! By Enovatic-Solutions.
• RegSeeker » 0.3. The best free registry cleaner. By Thibaud Djian and Russ Schwenkler.
• SIW (System Information for Windows) » 1.2. 200509: By Gabriel Topala.
• Small CD-Writer » 0.3. 200510: Tiny Russian CD burner. By AV(T) Lab. Unofficial English translation of earlier version.
• TinyResMeter » 0.1. 200508: Realtime info about several resources. Also saves screenshots in dedicated subdirectory. By PESoft.
• Unknown Devices » 0.9, os. What those unknown devices in Device Manager are? By Mike Catfish Moniz.
• WinAudit » 0.5. Detailed system report exportable in several formats. For non-default settings a file is made in Temp: winaudit.ini. By Parmavex Services. 200510: Upd. desc. for v. 2.0 Beta 2.
• XVI32 » 1.0. 200603: Simple hex editor w/ detailed help. By Christian Maas.

miscellaneous

• AddUp 1 » 0.1, ∩. 200511: Flexible tape calculator, supports complex expressions. Help included. By Orefa.com.
• Converber » 0.2. 200506: Converter with many categories and tons of units. Accepts custom conversions. Many languages & Help file. By Xyntec Automation Inc.
• ConvertAll » 7.1, os, ∩. 200511: Many categories, supports arbitrary compound units; e.g., from inches/day to kilometres/year. Linux version also. By Doug Bell.
• Lister » 0.4. 200509: “[V]iewer for text, binary, hex, html and unicode files. It can also display bitmaps and multimedia, and other bitmap formats through Irfanview as a filter.” By Christian Ghisler. Use parameter: .\lister.ini
• QuickDic » 18.7. 200508: English-German, German-English dictionary. Friendly, flexible, hotkeys, English and German Help. By Stefan Büdenbender.
• Simon Tatham’s Portable Puzzle Collection » 1.5, os. 200510: One-player puzzle games. Help included. Unpack zip archive to any directory. The primary meaning of “portable” here is “cross-platform”: the collection is also available for Mac OS X, Palm OS, and Unix.
• Sphygmic Spreadsheet » 1.4, ∩. Old 16-bit spreadsheet, compatible with Excel4. Install, and copy these files from C:\Windows\System to the program’s directory: gsw.exe, cmdialog.vbx, cscmd.vbx, graph.vbx, threed.vbx, vtss.vbx, gswdll.dll, vbrun300.dll, vtssdll.dll, Then copy the directory to the keydrive. Its graphics server needs an ancient .dll: apiguide.7z. Unpack in the program folder.
• TheSage » 21.2, ∩. 200508: English dictionary/thesaurus w/ tabs and advanced search. By Franc Morales and Leah Gilner. Alt. link: snapfiles.com/get/thesage.html. 200510: Upd. info for v. 1.0.6.

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