a-squared HiJackFree, now called Emergency Kit is a Malware Scanner and informative system analysis tool that advanced users and administrators can use to help detect and then remove all types of Malware; HiJackers, Spyware, Adware, Trojans and Worms. It can be used to manage autoruns, processes and associated modules, control Browser Plugins, and view all DNS entries.
Process Explorer is a system task manager that can be used to Kill Running Tasks or Kill Running Processes that normally refuse to be killed. Process Explorer can also be used to display which running programs have a particular file or directory open. It can also display information about which handles and DLLs processes have loaded. This application requires 3.48MB of free disk space to be installed.
HydraIRC; A Portable Internet Relay Chat (IRC) App. This dockable IRC client supports both DCC chat and file transfers. The author also offers a plugin that includes a bonus sound pack with sound notifications for those who prefer audible notifications. This Portable IRC Client requires 2.17 MB of disk space once extracted.
TeamTalk is Portable VoIP software that enables a user to easily communicate with their friends, colleagues or clients via Voice over IP communication. Much like TeamSpeak, with TeamTalk any number of people can participate in a conference type conversation, only limited by the bandwidth available to each user. The user can choose his or her own audio quality which determines the throughput required to each user. This application requires 4.7MB of disk space for installation.
Phoner is Free electronic portable VoIP Internet Phone software that enables a user to make and receive VoIP calls through SIP. Perform Voice over IP communication with your friends, colleagues, clients etc. You can even send emails via the built in SMTP client. With Phoner, users can send SMS to mobile phones, record messages via an onboard answering machine and much more. This VoIP application requires 5.9MB of disk space for installation.
Sylpheed is a clean, powerful and easy to use email client that can be run portably from a USB flash drive or other portable device. Built mainly for Unix like systems such as Linux, BSD and Mac OS, there is also a version for Windows users which is our main focus in this review.
Koma Mail is a free portable e-mail client. It supports multiple user accounts, IMAP, POP3, SMAP, WebDAV, encryption via SSL, spam filter, built in RSS feed reader, calendar, html editor, inline images, attachments, contact manager and much more.
RegScanner; Is a Windows registry viewer or registry search tool that lets you scan the Windows registry for values that match your specified search criteria. The registry scanner will then display the search results in a list for easy viewing or editing, eliminating the need to press F3 repeatedly to find the correct value. The resulting list can also be saved as a .REG file that can later be used in Regedit.
RegASSASSIN is a portable registry tool that can be used to remove even the most stubborn of registry key entries. It does this by resetting any of the key's permissions and then proceeds to delete the entry. This Registry editing and key removal tool makes for a great addition to anyone's portable software tools collection.
Deluxe PacMan – Free Portable Pac-Man Clone is a lightweight, no-install arcade game that revitalizes the legendary Pac-Man experience. With remastered graphics, brand-new mazes, power-ups, and bonus levels, it blends nostalgic gameplay with exciting modern updates. Best of all, it's 100% portable—play directly from a USB flash drive on any Windows PC.
Bricks 2000 is a Portable Tetris Clone. If you're a fan of Tetris alternatives or other block-stacking puzzle games, then you'll love Bricks. This Tetris-like game brings back the timeless charm of falling blocks while offering its own unique gameplay twists. Perfect for quick gaming sessions or challenging your skills over extended play, it is one of the best free Tetris-inspired games available for your portable gaming needs.
StartUpLite is a portable application that gives users the ability to manage, disable or Remove Startup Programs from a computer. Removing unnecessary system startup entries can, in some cases, allow for a quicker Windows system boot. The StartUpLite user interface is very simple and easy to use. This application requires only 200KB of space making it a great tool to squeeze into your portable collection.
Revo Uninstaller is a powerful portable uninstall tool or utility that can do much more than just add/remove programs. It can be used to remove any unwanted software programs, applications and traces from your computer. Revo Uninstaller has the ability to scan a program's data before uninstalling and can then check for any remnants of the program after it has been uninstalled. In addition, a user can remove unnecessary files, folders and registry keys that may be left over after performing a standard uninstall.
Alien Arena is a free online FPS first person shooter game that can be run from a portable USB drive. It takes a few of the best aspects featured in such popular games as Quake III and Unreal Tournament and then further combines them with unique and original ideas. Based on a retro style Alien theme, it is not only fun to play, but also contains that old school element that you just don't find in most modern deathmatch style games.
DriverBackup! is a nice driver backup tool that allows a user to create a backup of his or her hardware driver files. This free and portable tool preserves drivers of your hardware peripherals by saving them into a user specified location. You can then quickly reinstall your system hardware drivers if need be from the saved location.
MyUninstaller is a utility that can be used to Add/Remove Programs in place of the Windows application uninstallation software. With it, you can remove or uninstall an application, delete an uninstall entry, and even save a list of all installed applications to a text file.
Autoruns: Advanced Startup Monitor Tool for Windows: This powerful and free portable startup monitoring tool displays all programs configured to run automatically during system boot. Unlike the basic MSConfig utility that shipped with Windows XP, it provides comprehensive insight into every auto starting component across numerous system locations; all presented in the order Windows processes them.
CPU-Z Portable is a tiny portable system information tool that can be used to check and display CPU, Memory, Motherboard and Operating System information (including Direct X version). The software utility can also be used to bench test or stress test your processor.
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), resize ability, check game or solve game options and automatic saving of your game upon exit.
Auslogics Disk Defrag is a free and portable disk defragmenting tool designed for fast optimization of modern hard disks. File fragmentation has been known to cause slow startups and shutdowns, slow performance and even crashes. Using this tool can help keep a PC in good running order while freeing up disk space.
WipeDisk is a small portable secure file deletion tool. It can be used to securely wipe both logical and physical hard disks, USB flash memory sticks and micro sd cards. Supporting 14 unique wiping methods, this tool should ensure that your wiped or deleted data is securely shredded and no longer recoverable.
DPWiper is a compact, portable file shredder tool that allows you to securely delete files and folders using simple drag and drop file destruction functionality. It supports both standard deletion and advanced wiping methods, including a one-pass overwrite (DoD 5220.22-M compliant) and the more secure 35-pass Gutmann method.
UltraShredder is a Portable application that allows a user to Securely Delete or Shred files. It does this by overwriting the information with random characters. If an attempt is made to recover the file or files that have been shredded using a data recovery program, only illegible information would be seen in place of the file.
THG Task Assignment Manager is a very useful utility. It can help a user to get the most out of a system running dual processors. Enabling higher levels of performance from applications and games.
Typhoon 2001 is a Free arcade 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. System requirements are minimal, so it can run on almost anything.
SoftPerfect Network Scanner is a portable IP, NetBIOS and SNMP scanner that supports remote shutdown and Wake On LAN. It was created for system administrators and users who are interested in heightened computer security. The network scanner works by pinging a computer scanning it for listening TCP ports. It can display any resources that are being shared on a network.
HDiskDefrag is a tiny portable defragmenter. A tool that can be used to quickly and easily defragment the files on hard drives, disks, and partitions to help keep things working efficiently. This utility also allows you to clear browser cache and temporary files before defragmenting. Defragment options allow you to place files by name, last access or by last write. At less than 250K extracted, this tool makes for a great addition to anyone's portable collection.
RTF Converter can be used to export or convert RTF Word documents into text files. It allows you to convert multiple files at once and supports virtually all types of character encoding.. Fully extracted this application uses less than 5MB of space making it an ideal portable RTF tool to have on practically any USB Stick.
Tomahawk PDF+ is a FREE word processing and pdf creation package that allows documents to be produced and saved in a number of formats, including rich text and then exported as HTML or even converted to PDF files.
Data Recovery is a software tool that allows you to easily recover lost and accidentally deleted files. It can even be used to recover files that have been deleted from the recycle bin. The utility supports recovering lost or deleted data from FAT, FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS partitions.
MSD Organizer is another great personal and professional organizer or portable personal information manager. It offers many interesting features including pluggable modules such as a calendar with reminder function, phone book, todo list, internet password manager and much more. Once extracted, the complete installation is less than 10MB making MSD Organizer ideal for even the smallest portable USB flash drive installs.
Winamp Lite was at one time probably the most popular MP3 player (Free Music Player) available. Originally created by Nullsoft, Winamp is also known as the Ultimate MP3 Player. It is not only skinnable but supports playlists, various cool plugins, a graphical equalizer, visualizations and much more.
Miranda is another great Portable Instant Messenger application. Like Pidgin, it supports AIM, ICQ, IRC, MSN and Jabber, however, Miranda also sports a plugin system that allows you to include other popular instant messaging protocols like Gadu-Gadu, Netsend, Skype, Yahoo and more.
Pidgin Portable is Portable Instant Messaging software that allows users to have access to all of his or her Instant Messaging accounts from one simple to use application. This portable instant messaging application is based on the popular Open Source Pidgin IM software. It supports AOL, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ and Jabber networks and additional encryption plugins are available via the authors website.
PixaMSN is a neat little portable MSN Messenger Clone. Unlike MSN Messenger, PixaMSN writes no files to your hard disk or registry so it can be stored and run completely from a portable device such as a USB flash drive. This Portable Instant Messenger will automatically log you in as invisible to other users so no one knows your online. Once your logged in, you can remove yourself from invisible mode and start chatting with your friends online.
Sumatra PDF Portable – Lightweight and Free PDF Viewer on the Go: Sumatra is a highly efficient, open source portable PDF reader. Designed for speed and simplicity, it offers users a fast way to open and read PDF documents on any Windows PC, without the need for installation. As a portable app, it can be run directly from a USB flash drive, external hard drive, or even an iPod, ensuring your preferences and data remain on your device without leaving any traces on the host computer.
Whether you need a free portable PDF viewer for work, school, or travel, this top rated solution is trusted by users around the world.
Nexuiz is a lightweight and portable arena shooter that combines classic FPS gameplay with surprisingly solid visuals. Unlike many modern shooters that demand high end hardware, this first person shooter game runs smoothly even on older systems—and best of all, it's completely free and open source.
Warsow is a free and fast-paced first-person shooter (FPS) game that emphasizes skill-based movement and competitive multiplayer action. With its lightweight design, portable install, and cel-shaded visuals, it's a standout choice for fans of classic arena shooters like Xonotic, Quake, or Doom.
Pivot Animator is a free and portable tool that can be used to create simple stick figure animations. These image or picture animations can then be saved as animated gifs. Some basic stick figure animations are included to help get you started using it.
X-Blender is based on Blender (Popular Open Source 3D Creation Software) but contains a wrapper to allow a user to run it directly from a USB drive. With this portable 3D tool, you can model, shade, render and create all kinds of 3D graphics and effects. Best of all, it is free open source 3D creation software that can be stored on a portable USB device.