Absolutely Free Software -
Best Free Portable Windows Freeware
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No shareware, no nagware, no adware. Reviewed constantly. Categorized conveniently.
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No installation required. Run it on your memory stick. Your key drive. Your iPod. This free software just don't care.
This page is updated regularly. Last update: October 17, 2005.
update 10/17 Portable AbiWord now includes a grammar checker. Mobility Email, a portable email application based on Thunderbird. KeePass, a great, open source password manager.
update! U3, the new standard for portable software is blowing up the flash drive industry. full article here...
Portable software runs on your USB key drive or your iPod, or a memory stick, or any type of external drive you plug into a USB port. You don't have to install anything on the computer's hard drive. It's like carrying your office around with you. Or... carrying your home to the office.
These kind of apps are becoming more and more popular as USB flash drives get cheaper and cheaper. If you ever do any work at more than one computer, go get one now, then install this freeware. Then you can do something else. If you want. Or, you can just hold your key drive and feel good about what you've just done.
By the way, I haven't included everything you can run this way, only those things you probably want to run this way.
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