Sudoku Portable Puzzle Game

Sudoku Portable is a popular, addictive and entertaining portable number puzzle game. It is based on Sudoku which was created in France over 100 years ago. The game features four difficulty levels (easy, medium, hard and impossible), resizability, check game or solve game options and automatic saving of your game upon exit. After extraction, the complete installation is only 444KB making it a great game to add to anyones portable collection.

How Sudoku works: A 9×9 grid houses 9 3×3 grids. Within each 3×3 grid a player arranges the numbers 1-9. A number can only appear once within a 3×3 grid and only once within each row and column of the greater 9×9 grid.

Website: Sudoku_Portable
License: Open Source
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Typhoon 2001 – Portable Game

Typhoon 2001 is a Free game that was originally inspired by Tempest and Tempest 2000 an Atari Jaguar Game. It was designed using the same concepts but with improved graphics and sound. The game starts out easy and the difficulty slowly rises per level. There are over 100 levels of gameplay, seven different enemies, starting level is selectable and the game can be controlled via the mouse/Keyboard or gamepad. Typhoon 2001 uses OpenGL and Allegro.

Typhoon 2001 Requirements:
* IBM-Compatible PC w/500Mhz+ Processor
* 128+ MB of RAM
* Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, or Vista or Linux 2.6.x with X11 and hardware accelerated OpenGL drivers
* OpenGL capable 3D-Accelerator card

Authors Website: typhoon.kuto.de

License: Freeware

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Nexuiz – 3D First Person Shooter Game

Nexuiz is a great Free 3D First Person Shooter Game that can be run directly from an external hard drive or other portable media device. As opposed to some other well known portable 3D First Person Shooter games, Nexuiz looks and plays great with outstanding graphics. The only drawback is that installation requires nearly 300MB of Free space on the portable device.

Authors Website: alientrap.org/nexuiz

License: Open Source

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Warsow – 3D First Person Shooter Game

Warsow is a Free fast paced, multi-player, 3D (FPS) first person shooter game. Featuring a first person Quake and Doom style of Gameplay that does not require a high end system to run. This game focuses on trick jumps and art of quick movement, as well as a complete power up system including weak and strong fire mode for each weapon. Warsow can be installed to an external USB device, requiring no installation on the Host PC.

Note: Requires 100MB of Free space for installation

Authors Website: warsow.net
License: Open Source
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Stellarium V0.10.4

Stellarium is a planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope, with realistic atmosphere, sunrise and sunset. It features over 120,000 stars from the Hipparcos catalogue with associated information.
Stellarium Portable is a free, open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars, or a telescope. You can view the planets and gaze at the stars in stunning detail. Stellarium includes vivid illustrations of the constellations and a theatrical display of ravishing nebulae and galaxies. With Stellarium Portable, you can transform any computer into a stargazing centerpiece. Learn more

Writes settings to: Application folder
How to extract: Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to any folder of your choice.
License: GPL

System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7

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DVDStyler Portable Edition V1.8.0.1

DVDStyler is a DVD authoring system. You can add background, create menus, add text/images/buttons, import MPEG video files and create chapters for each movie. DVDStyler Portable is a portable wrapper for DVDStyler that redirects settings stored in the registry to an INI file.
Features
* creating a DVD video with interactive menus
* support AVI, MPEG and VOB files
* using MPEG and VOB files without reconverting
* allows put files with different audio/video format on one DVD (support of titleset)
* drag and drop video files directly
* import image file for background
* place buttons, text, images and graphic objects anywhere on the menu screen
* change font/color and other parameters of buttons and graphic object
* scale buttons and graphic objects
* copy and paste any menu object and whole menu
* set chapters for each movie
* set pre and post commands for each movie and menu

How to extract: Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DVDStylerPortable.exe.

Stealth [?]: Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware/Open Source
System Requirements: WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7

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CCleaner V2.29.1111

CCleaner is a system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system and cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history.
Add winapp2.ini to the same directory as CCleaner to improve the cleaning detection of many other applications.

Writes settings to: Application folder
How to extract: Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch CCleaner.exe.

Stealth [?]: Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7

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Minipad2 V3.1.6.12 Build 100224

minipad2 is a tiny program which integrates many useful functions including notepad, calculator, reminder, dictionary, launcher, address list, text template & clipboard-enhancement, with very low system-requirement and memory take-up. All the contents are automatically saved while minimized or closed, and when re-opened the last state will be restored.

The program can be freely switched between two styles: multi-page style and treeview style. When no longer used, it can be minimized to the system-tray, or hide outside of the desktop.

The program provides very flexible configurations. Besides the basic notepad function, all the other extended functions (calculator, reminder...) are like plug-ins which can be freely enabled or disabled in the options.

minipad2 is a single-exe green software. It can be directly used when unzipped to any directory without installation. It adds no key to the system registry, except for the "Run" key when set as start with windows.

The current version of minipad2 is 3.1.6 updated in March 1st, 2010.

How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch minipad2.exe.
Stealth [?]: Yes
License: Freeware
System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7

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ProcessKO V1.34

ProcessKO is for professionals and experienced users, with very good PC "know-how" (knowledge)!

ProcessKO is a small useful tool designed to quickly kill any running or hanging process / program.

It is not uncommon amongst developers or program-testers that the program they are testing either doesn't function properly... or that one cannot even close the program (using the Taskmanager). What's more, it's usually always the usual suspects that give the trouble. What's more, it's usually always the usual suspects that give the trouble.

Creating "Favorit-KO's" for the fast killing of processes or programs!

Developers and bata-testers especially are familiar with this problem: When a program freezes, one usually calls up the task manager by pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL; One then must find that frozen program in the list, then one has to find and select the option "End Process". Finally one has to confirm the prompt, "Are you sure you want to terminate the process" with a "yes".

Now one can save many hand moves and also save time! And it's easier than ever. With ProcessKO, terminating any process or program goes faster and the program can even be restarted from ProcessKO.

Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
System Requirements: Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7

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Monoff4 V1.6.0.0

When run, Monoff4.exe puts your monitor in a low power or power off mode, saving electricity. This can be used instead of Wizmo's "monoff" feature. Some people have had problems with Wizmo interfering with background processes that start up while Wizmo is running, and problems when multiple instances of Wizmo run at the same time. See my Wizmo FAQ page for more on this. Monoff 4 can't produce these potential problems. The Microsoft VC++ 7project source code is provided for those who are interested.

How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. There will be two almost identical files: a portable version with an S at the end and one without (Monoff4s.exe and Monoff4.exe). Delete Monoff4.exe. Launch Monoff4s.exe.
Stealth [?]: Yes

License: Freeware/Open Source
System Requirements: Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7

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OneLoupe V2.01

OneLoupe is required to view everything on the screen enlarged.

Simple and easy to use, the small Magnifier is always ready when you need it to view all fine details, even the small print in the I-Net to decipher.

OneLoupe is very practical and user-friendly. And it is virtually no burden on the system, an installation is not required. Once placed on the desktop, it is always ready for use.

Adjustable zoom range, and the zoom factor allow an individual adapt to the needs of individuals. This will of course be saved for the next start of OneLoupe with your favourite settings.

Get color pixel from your desktop screen is also implemented, and not to forget that it offers the possibility for the quick creation of images from the zoom range, for comfortable work over the clipboard.

It is also suitable for people with visual impairments or weak eyes. The control of the zoom window is done through direct input of the keyboard and mouse motions.

You have no problems to forward to friends, relatives or acquaintances because this small brownie is freeware, and you can make unlimited number of copies of OneLoupe and distribute to anyone you wish.

Portable use is also possible. Create in the same directory the file OneLoupe.ini. OneLoupe will be so happy and save the settings in INI-File, so you have the functions of OneLoupe on other computers.

Take OneLuope, stretch screen and see for yourself.

How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Create an empty file called 'OneLoupe.ini' Launch OneLoupe.exe.

License: Freeware
System Requirements: Win98 / WinXP / Vista / Win7

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Greenfish Icon Editor Pro V2.1

GFIE Pro is a powerful icon, cursor, animation and icon library editor. It opens and saves in ICO, CUR, ANI, PNG, XPM, BMP and JPEG formats. It is able to create icons and cursors up to 256x256 @ 32-bit, which can also be PNG-compressed for use in Windows Vista. It is also able to create animated cursors, extract icons and cursors from executable files and icon libraries, batch convert image files to icons or other image formats, supports advanced selection handling (marquee, lasso and wand tools, saving/loading selections from files), offers various gradient styles for filling shapes, and includes many filters such as Remove matte, Drop shadow, Inner/Outer glow and Bevel etc. Layer support with advanced selection handling makes it a really professional and unique freeware tool for designing small pixelgraphic images. GFIE offers high-quality filters like Bevel, Drop Shadow and Glow; supports editing animated cursors and managing icon libraries. It's lightweight (< 1.8 MB unzipped) and also has a portable version - just unpack it to your USB drive and use it anywhere. A clean, customizable, multilanguage user interface makes it really easy to learn and use.

Writes settings to: Application folder
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch gfie.exe.

Stealth [?]: Yes
License: Freeware
System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7

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Notepad2 V4.1.24

Notepad2 is a small and fast text editor with syntax highlighting for HTML and other common languages. It supports modeless find and replace dialogs, multi-line find and replace operations (using backslash expressions), optional file change notification etc.

Writes settings to: Application folder
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to any folder of your choice. Launch Notepad2.exe.

Stealth [?]: Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: BSD
System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7

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EditPad Lite V6.6.2

EditPad Lite is a small and compact general-purpose text editor. It allows you to open many files simultaneously, and switch between them using tabs. It also supports many functions for text manipulation and conversion. EditPad Lite is a general-purpose text editor, designed to be small and compact, yet offer all the functionality you expect from a basic text editor. EditPad Lite works with Windows 98, ME, NT4, 2000, XP, Vista, and 7.

EditPad Lite is free for non-commercial use. That is, you may use EditPad Lite if you do not get paid, directly or indirectly, for the work you do with EditPad Lite. Registered charities may also use EditPad Lite.

Writes settings to: Application folder
How to extract: Download the installer and use the "Create Portable Installation" option.

Stealth [?]: Yes
Unicode support: Partial. Able to display Unicode text with the right font chosen, but unable to handle files with Unicode filenames.

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Thunderbird Portable V3.0.3

Mozilla Thunderbird is an email client with SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, NNTP and RSS support. It comes with advanced message filtering, Bayesian spam detector and built-in spell checker.

Thunderbird Portable is a special build of Mozilla Thunderbird that is optimized for use on a USB key drive. It has some specially-selected optimizations to make it perform faster and extend the life of your USB key as well as a specialized launcher that will allow most of your favorite extensions to work as you switch computers.

How to extract: Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ThunderbirdPortable.exe.
Stealth [?]: No

Unicode support: Partial. Thunderbird has problems creating local files with filenames that cannot be encoded using the current code page. For example, if your current code page is Chinese, but you are trying to save to a Korean filename, the output filename will be a bunch of underscore characters.

License: Freeware/Open Source
System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7

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TeamViewer V5.0.7904

TeamViewer connects to any PC or server around the world within a few seconds. You can remote control your partner's PC as if you were sitting right in front of it.

Writes settings to: Application folder
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch TeamViewer.exe.

Stealth [?]: No. 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\TeamViewer,' only on 64bit versions of Windows.

License: Free for personal use
System Requirements: WinXP / Vista / Win7

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SMF – Search my Files V1.1.3.9

SMF is a file and file duplicate search tool that uses hashing (MD5, CRC32 or SHA1) to determine similarity. It has tons of search filter capabilities and a result reporting tool, with which you can sub-filter the result set according to your needs.
Writes settings to: Application folder
How to extract:

1. Download the ZIP package
2. Extract to a folder of your choice.
3. Launch SMF.exe.
4. Select 'Portable Install (data-dir located on the same drive as the program)'
5. Set Explorer ContextMenu Integration as 'Disabled'

Stealth [?]: Yes
Unicode support: Yes

License: Creative Commons
System Requirements: WinXP / Vista / Win7

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Free PDF Editor 1.3

Not need install any Acrobat software, such as PDF Reader, PDF Writer; not need install a visual pdf printer; not need install, all of this software is a stand alone execute file, you can it to your Flash USB disks, and run it anywhere as you like.

The main interface of Free PDF Editor is simple and easy to understand, it is one WYSIWYG PDF builder, what you see is what you get, and you can insert text, image and shape, then drop, resize and move these PDF elements with your mouse.

Free PDF Editor is freeware, i.e. it is free of any charge for personal and commercial use. If you have any questions and/or suggestions about this program, feel free to contact me, no matter whether you are already using Free PDF Editor or are just contemplating using it.


System Requirements: Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7

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Unlocker V1.8.8

Unlocker Assistant automatically launches if you are trying to delete/rename/move a file that is locked. When not in use, it stays in your system tray bar.

You may also like to check out Unlocker Portable for a portable package of Unlocker that is optimized for USB memory sticks.

Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Administrator rights

How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch UnlockerAssistant.exe.

License: Freeware
System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7

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Skype Portable V4.2.0.155

Skype allows users to make voice calls over the Internet. Additional features include instant messaging, file transfer and video conferencing.
Skype-to-Skype calls, video calls and instant messaging are free, any time of the day or night, anywhere in the world. Call phones and mobiles and send SMS messages at great value Pay As You Go rates, or call unlimited* to certain countries with a subscription.
* Free Skype-to-Skype calls.
* Call phones and mobiles, send SMS.
* Free instant messaging.
* Voicemail.
* Free video call.
* Forward calls to a phone when you’re offline.

Writes settings to: Application folder
How to extract: Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch SkypePortable.exe.

Stealth [?]: Yes
Unicode support: Yes

License: Freeware
System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7

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Portable Start Menu V3.1

Portable Start Menu is a program launcher that allows you to organize your programs via a simple menu system and launch them through a tray icon. If you are running from an USB memory stick, Portable Start Menu can be configured to automatically close all launched applications when it terminates.

Writes settings to: Application folder
How to extract: Download the installer and extract to a folder of your choice. The application files are located in the {app} subfolder. Launch psmenu.exe.

Stealth [?]: Yes
Path portability: Automatic compensation for dynamic drive letter in removable storage devices

Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7

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ArcThemALL! V2.2

ArcThemALL! is a multi-compressor of files and folders with UPX, MPRESS, ZIP and 7Z formats. It includes an intelligent UPX compression mode, the support to self-extracting archive creation, the encryption/decryption of archives, the extraction of several archive formats (7Z, ARJ, BZIP2, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, GZIP, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, TAR, UDF, UPX, WIM, XAR, Z and ZIP) and much more.

Writes settings to: Application folder
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ArcThemALL!.exe.

License: GPL
System Requirements: Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7

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