The PortableApps I Use Most Often

I have still yet to lay my hands on portable organization, so the promised reviews are still 'on the list' and will be here eventually. In the mean time here is a list of PortableApps I use most regularly. It is not a comprehensive list of all that I use or have tried, and it is in no particular order.

Some of the below may require special extraction, or an initial install, to be able to copy the files to your USB drive. (Universal Extractor and Inno Setup Unpacker come in handy for such things.)


Anti-Malware:

• Rogue Remover gets rid of rogue anti-spyware/adware programs.
• Winpooch Watchdog detects system modifications and includes real-time anti-virus.
• ClamWin Portable is an open-source anti-virus scanner.
• Avast! Cleaner is a virus removal tool.

Archivers:

• 7-Zip Portable is a favorite made mobile.
  
• IZArc2Go can extract almost 50 types of archives.

Browsers:

• Firefox Portable enough said.
  
• Torpark is portable Firefox + Tor for anonymous browsing.

CD-Burnning:

• Small CD Writer (English Version) is a great single file program for burning CDs.

Defrag Tools:

• Auslogics Disk Defrag is a nice GUI-based defrag program.
  
• JkDefrag has commandline options and does all disks in one run.

More to come another time...

Let Us Begin

Here are some links to various places of interest in the Portable Apps genre:

First my ever growing list of PortableApps links at del.icio.us: http://del.icio.us/DecoyFlyer/PortableApps

Next I give you several of my favorites:

• PortableApps.com
• TheInfoBox.com
• PenDriveLinux.com
• The Portable Freeware Collection
• Wikipedia's Portable Apps List

I have played with a U3 device, but have found that I prefer the flexibility of the PortableApps Suite at portableapps.com. Among other features, it allows you to add any program you put in the applications folder to the "start menu" it has for a launcher.

I will get into more detail another time, but for now check out the links, and remember i have not tested all of the programs they have, so use them at your own risk.

A New Direction For CRS...

OK, Both of you who have read this...

You are as aware as I am that I don't post here as much as I could, but that is about to change. I have finally picked a direction to go with CRS.

First let me say, I have two addition blogs now, Decoy's Poetry & Just a Decoy . They will go in the different directions this one has in the past, freeing this one up to go in a more Techno Geek sort of direction.

I will focus this blog on my tech experiments & interests, which currently are focussed on playing with portable, self contained, computer aplications & Linux live-CDs.There will be reviews, recommendations, warnings & anything else that comes to mind, as I play with my USB Flash Drives.

VMK no BS Forum

For those of you who have not yet heard, Disney's Virtual Magic Kingdom [VMK] is a free multiplayer online game. It is themed as their parks are, and is an obvious marketing program... But, it rocks!!!

Though it was aimed at the 8-13 age range, there are a large number of ancient Disney fans that play as well. I am one of them. There are several forums and discussion boards that are devoted to VMK, and most Disney forums have a section devoted to it. I have made many great friends in these places, however most of them have become over run with... (Gasp!!!) The originally targeted market for the game.

So I, and several of the other ancient VMK players decided that there was need for a forum where the childish BS would not reign, and about a month ago VMKnoBS was born.

If you have wandered here from one of the other forums, and are at least 18 and not prone to childish BS, come check it out & join if you wish.

Click Here to go:VMKnoBS Forum