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FocusWriter v1.8.6

Andrew Lee on 17 Jan 2024
  • 138MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 16 Jan 2024
  • Suggested by Pyromaniac

FocusWriter is a full-screen word processor that aims for a distraction-free, immersive way to write and edit. The minimalist interface puts options and tools on the edge of the screen and auto-saves progress. Upon relaunch, the program reloads your last file to make make it easy to jump back into your work.

Alternatively, FocusWriter Portable is stealth and automatically adjusts paths.

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No. Leaves multiple Qt-related registry keys.
Unicode support: Yes
License: GNU GPLv3
How to extract: Download "Windows (Portable)" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FocusWriter.exe.
What's new?
  • FIXED: Always incremented number for imported themes
  • FIXED: Unable to update contents of theme background image
  • FIXED: Modifying themes sometimes removed backgrounds
  • FIXED: Decompression failed in Haiku
  • Added shortcuts for selecting by paragraph
  • Replaced deprecated code
  • Updated Unicode symbols database
  • Updated Windows dictionaries
  • Translation updates: Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Swedish
Latest comments
JohnTHaller on 2013-06-30 17:03

AndTheWolf - It's fixed. Some editors keep pointing to static URLs instead of the download page for some reason. So, when it's updated, the download winds up wrong.

__philippe on 2018-03-31 15:31

Belatedly noticed FocusWriter's hefty 138MB footprint,
a tad rich for an alleged "minimalistic" word processor...;-)

webfork on 2018-04-11 22:29

philippe: true. I'll add a note that the minimalism refers to the interface.

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Money Manager Ex v1.7.0

Stephen Leibowitz on 30 Dec 2023
  • 36MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 26 Dec 2023
  • Suggested by nunoleite

Money Manager Ex is a personal finance software that helps you to organize your finances and keeps track of where, when and how the money goes. It is also a great tool to get a bird's eye view of your financial worth. Cross-platform with clients available for Mac, Linux, and Android.

Alternatively, Money Manager Ex Portable is stealth, portablizes the recently used files list and allows the last used file to automatically open. A winPenPack version is also available.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No. Writes MRU directories as well as file type association etc. to the registry.
Unicode support: Yes
License: GNU GPLv2
How to extract: Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch mmex.exe.
What's new? See: https://github.com/moneymanagerex/moneymanagerex/releases
Latest comments
LucW on 2011-12-15 09:20

I like this program a lot. Unfortunately it has stopped working on my W7 32bit computer. This has happened befor but then I could get it to work again by running it under XP SP3 compatibility mode, but now nothing helps to get it to work again. This is precisely the kind of software ons does NOT want to stop working. All my data are in the database and I cannot reach it anymore.

Emka on 2012-01-25 15:53

One could add that there is a version by PortableApps that AFAIK handles the registry entries.

DarkShadow on 2016-02-15 17:39

v1.2.5 released !

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SlickRun v4.5.1.0

Andrew Lee on 8 Nov 2023
  • 3MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 6 Nov 2023
  • Suggested by tproli

SlickRun is a floating keyword utility that allows you to create command aliases, or "MagicWords" that launch applications or URLs. For example, "browse" can be set to open Firefox, "note" to open Notepad, and more. You can type an application's path or location as well.

The program includes its own notepad program opened by typing "jot", but major applications such as MS Office and Online Shopping resources can be added using add-on packs available on the website.

SlickRun supports auto-completion, relative paths and drive letter macro for improved portability.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No. It creates a lone working registry entry that does not impact portability of settings at all.
Unicode support: Yes. for Jot, history, autocomplete, $W$, etc.
Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and extract sr.exe and DefaultMagic.qrs to a folder of your choice
  2. Create an empty text file in the folder and name it slickrun.local
  3. Launch sr.exe
What's new? See: https://bayden.com/SlickRun/updates.asp
Latest comments
Ennovy on 2023-11-06 14:52

Softpedia reports an update to v4.5.1.0 but the homepage is not available at the moment

Andrew Lee on 2023-11-08 00:20

@Ennovy: I was able to access the home page and verified that it was updated to v4.5.1.0 on 6 Nov 2023.

Ennovy on 2023-11-08 01:22

Thanks Andrew!

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SoftMaker FreeOffice v2021 Rev 1068

rbon on 6 Nov 2023
  • 232MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 6 Nov 2023
  • Suggested by Stone Tablet

FreeOffice is a fast and lightweight office suite with word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation tools. The interface supports themes, a dark mode, and classic or ribbon-style toolbars. All components include a wide variety of formatting, functions, and animation.

The program will import and export to standard Microsoft formats with reasonable fidelity. A forum post about the previous 2006 version can be found here.

NOTE: The program will eventually require email registration, but a workaround is available.

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? No
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download and install
  2. Copy the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Softmaker Office 2021\ to a destination of your choice
  3. Uninstall the program
  4. In the destination folder, create two empty text files:

    portable.txt
    updater.ini

  5. Launch TextMaker.exe, PlanMaker.exe, or Presentations.exe

Optionally, delete the inst/banners subfolder and the files SoftMakerUpdaterTool.exe and usbstick.exe
Similar/alternative apps: LibreOffice
What's new? See:https://www.freeoffice.com/en/download/servicepacks
Latest comments
freakazoid on 2021-12-31 16:34

@webfork - The software name is FreeOffice. I think it's obvious that there is a Pro version judging by the name of the program. When using FreeOffice, some upsell will be shown within the interface of the program, so if the user is interested in their enhanced features, they can do so at their own perusal.

Antolion on 2022-02-05 03:39

This is possibly a greatest (portable) prog-suite. I' using only the portable version. There is a serious problem/bug I1 experienced. After want to save my presentatuons in presentations-maker its failed, and the prog said: it's not possible because it's an illegal (pirate) version of a progam.. The non-portable waersion works flawlessly!(I think, the root of the the problem, that the portable-version put the samples/sablons etc. in different way. And, misfortunately, the portabilizing-process is not work for hunspell dictionaries, but its a minor problem. Thanks!

NunoSilva on 2022-11-17 08:31

There is also (with the same architecure) Ashampoo Free Office:
https://www.ashampoo.com/en-us/office-free
a related, a bit older (2012), but rather compact, full-fledged compatible office suite.
One might need to supply an e-mail (may be temp) to get a product key.
To make it portable one just needs to have a file called "portable.txt" in its folder.

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SumatraPDF v3.5.2

Ennovy on 25 Oct 2023
  • 12MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 25 Oct 2023
  • Suggested by Darkbee

SumatraPDF is a lightweight, tabbed document reader for a variety of formats. Includes a wide variety of views including table of contents, rotation, facing pages, book view (2 pages side-by-side), full screen and presentation mode. Includes support for bookmarks, command-line arguments, hotkeys, and more. Additionally, SumatraPDF can function as a portable browser plugin. Supported formats include PDF, eBooks (EPUB, MOBI, FB2/FB2Z, PDB, TCR), Comic Books (CBZ/CBR/CBT/CB7Z), DJVU, CHM, XPS, TXT, images (JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, J2K, WEBP, TGA) and PostScript documents (PS/EPS, AI, PRN - requires Ghostscript).

Alternatively, Sumatra Portable adjusts recently used and most used file paths.

Category:
Runs on:Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: GNU GPLv3
How to extract: Download the "Portable version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SumatraPDF.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: STDU Viewer
What's new? See: https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/docs/Version-history
Latest comments
jenss on 2022-06-03 05:15

sumatra cannot read certain edited pdf documents
instead use sumatra prerelease :
https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/prerelease
or use another reader : ex adobe reader

jenss on 2022-06-03 05:19

older sumatra as 3.4.1 also with read problem
note : prerelease is not recommended as default reader !

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Revo Uninstaller Free v2.4.5

Ennovy on 7 Jun 2023
  • 33MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 6 Jun 2023
  • Suggested by Island Boy

Revo Uninstaller Free helps you remove any unwanted application installed on your computer. Additional clean-up tools include an auto-start manager, Windows tools manager, junk files cleaner, browsers history cleaner, office history cleaner, Windows history cleaner, unrecoverable delete tool and evidence remover.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Administrator rights
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Liteware
How to extract: Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch RevoUPort.exe.

Optionally, delete unnecessary language files.
Similar/alternative apps: Zsoft Uninstaller
What's new? See: https://www.revouninstaller.com/version-history/
Latest comments
PAFuser on 2016-12-14 22:23

Also available on Portable Apps com (http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/revo_uninstaller_portable), both 32 and 64 in one package

MIKLO on 2018-03-26 14:31

I've been using Revo for a very long time and it does everything I want and need it to do. I have not seen any other Un-installer anywhere near as good as Revo. Thanks to the makers for some great software, I appreciate your hard work, and it’s portable :)

MIKLO

Pendrive on 2023-06-06 17:46

Version is now at 2.4.5.

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Stickies v10.1d

Ennovy on 4 Apr 2023

Stickies work like customizable post-it notes with available styles, fonts, colors and buttons. Notes can be resized or snapped to the edges of other notes to keep them lined up. They can also act as reminders when hidden for a period, until a specified date and time, even upon waking every day, week, or month.

Alternatively, Stickies Portable is available.

Category:
Runs on:Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and install to the default folder
  2. Copy folder Stickies to your preferred place
  3. Uninstall the program
  4. Create 2 empty files called stickies.ini and stickies.db in the application folder
  5. Launch stickies.exe
Similar/alternative apps: 7 Sticky Notes, Stickypaper
What's new? See: https://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/versions.html
Latest comments
pipperu on 2019-12-26 19:00

In order to use old version notes with the new 10.0a version you hve to UPGRADE from old version to the new 10.0a. You can NOT restore the working folder from a backup because v10.0a uses SQLITE.

Pendrive on 2022-03-25 15:30

I'm not convinced that the following instructions are sufficient:
How to extract:
1 Download the installer and install to the default folder.
2 Copy folder Stickies to your preferred place.
3 Uninstall the program.
4 Create an empty file called stickies.ini in the application folder.
5 Launch stickies.exe.

I think 4 should be:
4 Create two empty files called stickies.ini and stickies.db in the application folder.

Andrew Lee on 2022-03-26 06:54

@Pendrive: Thanks! I have verified your correction and updated the database entry.

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BeeBEEP v5.8.6

SYSTEM on 24 Feb 2023
  • 49MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 13 Feb 2023
  • Suggested by smaragdus

BeeBEEP is a customizable chat and file/folder sharing tool for individuals or groups inside your local area network such as an office, home, or internet cafe. Conversations are peer-to-peer (no server required), encrypted, and messages sent to offline users will be delivered when they come online. Features include screen and file sharing, spellcheck, individual and group chats, and you can easily send quick voice recordings and screenshots. The program can also be configured to function as a file servers, sharing multiple files and folders for download by other clients.

Cross-platform with clients available for Linux, Mac and more.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: GNU GPLv3
How to extract: Download the "portable" ZIP package corresponding to your OS and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch beebeep.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Madhavan LAN Messenger, Fomine LAN Chat, Qualia LAN Messenger
What's new? BeeBEEP 5.8.6
  • Added new protocol to manage "sent messages" but never received.
  • Added "Enable visual notifications for chat window" option menu Settings - Notifications.
  • Added "Change emoticon size in chat" option in menu Settings - Chat.
  • Added button "To send text as Source CODE" in chat window.
  • Fixed a bug in connection to prevent PING before HELLO message.
  • Fixed a bug on using Message History with CTRL+Up / CTRL+Down.
  • Fixed a bug on "Raise chat window on new message".
  • Fixed a bug that did not allow messages to be displayed correctly between the dark theme and the default one.
  • Fixed a bug that prevent connection after SLEEP / SUSPEND mode.
  • Emoticons will no longer be displayed larger than their maximum size.
  • Important private messages now open the chat window.
  • Added "EnableReceivingHelpMessages" option in beebeep.rc file.
  • Added global shortcut CTRL+SHIFT+1 for PANIC BUTTON and HELP REQUEST automatic message.
  • Added room location in user VCard (useful also for help request).
  • If you right click on a url in a chat you can copy the url to the clipboard without having to select it.
  • Added shortcut with "Enter", "Return", "Space" keys to open chat if selected in list.
  • Added global shortcut CTRL+ALT+C to "Select first chat available", so you can navigate with arrows and open with return.
  • Added "file transfer completed" notification also per BeeBOX downloaded files.
  • Added option "MessageNotReceivedTimeout_ms" for internal use.
  • BeeBEEP is now minimized on tray if user close it by "red X" in the window (also if BeeBEEP is not connected).
  • Added "BackupFolderPath" option in beebeep.rc file.
  • Added "Delete unsent messages in chat" and "Delete unsent messages to user" option.
  • Fixed a QT bug that created network latency

PropertySystemView v1.20

Andrew Lee on 24 Dec 2022
  • 139KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 23 Dec 2022
  • Suggested by Special

PropertySystemView allows you view and modify the properties of file from GUI and command-line, using the property system of Windows operating system. For example, you can change the 'Media Created' timestamp stored in .mp4 files (System.Media.DateEncoded) as well as other metadata stored in media files and office documents, like Title, Comments, Authors, Tags, Date Acquired, Last Saved Date, Content Created Date, Date Imported, Date Taken (EXIF of .jpg files), and more.

PropertySystemView also allows you to set properties of Windows. For example, you can set the System.AppUserModel.ID property of a window in order to disable the taskbar grouping of the specified window.

Category:
Runs on:Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PropertySystemView.exe.
What's new?
  • Added /CopyProperty command-line option, which allows you to copy a value of one property into another property.
  • For example, this command will copy the value of System.DateModified property into the System.Media.DateEncoded property:
  • PropertySystemView.exe /CopyProperty "C:\temp\1.mp4" System.DateModified System.Media.DateEncoded

Apache OpenOffice Portable v4.1.11

Andrew Lee on 24 Nov 2021
  • 612MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 18 Nov 2021
  • Suggested by Mark Williams

Apache OpenOffice is a full-featured, cross-platform office suite compatible with all major office suites and 100s of file formats. Includes word processor, spreadsheet, database, presentations, drawing and math/formulas software.

Apache OpenOffice Portable is a modified version of Apache OpenOffice. Alternatively, X-ApacheOpenOffice is also available.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Automatic compensation for dynamic drive letter in removable storage devices
License: Apache License 2.0
How to extract: Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch ApacheOpenOffice.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: LibreOffice, FreeOffice
What's new? See:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Releases
Latest comments
PAFuser on 2016-09-02 20:49

Came across this today: "OpenOffice, after years of neglect, could shut down" at http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/09/openoffice-after-years-of-neglect-could-shut-down/

PAFuser on 2017-12-29 03:27

https://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable Version: 4.1.4 10/19/2017. Version: 4.1.5 is listed on OpenOffice site 12/28/2017 release.

DzejPy on 2024-04-01 05:48

The current version is 4.1.15 (22 December 2023). The changes are small and security related.
OpenOffice is faster than LibreOffice. The stability and immutability of the environment is great. If OpenOffice had better support for working with Office Open XML (OOXML), it would be the obvious choice for users who use common functions to create documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

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