General software applications tools and utilities that can be run from USB
LiLi – Live Linux USB Creator is another nice little Live USB Builder created by Thibaut Lauzière. It can be used to make a Live Linux USB Flash Drive containing your favorite Linux Distribution. You can then Boot the Live Linux Operating System from the Flash Drive, instead of using a CD/DVD.
Last.FM Downloader is a tool created by run.to/sz that can be used to download streaming songs similar to what you’re listening to on the Last.FM streaming music service. Key features of the Last.FM Downloader include; records or saves streamed songs as MP3 files in the destination you choose, ability to stop or skip downloads, and …
Free Stopwatch is an entirely Free and Portable Digital Stop Watch software created by Sergey Koshkin of Comfort Software Group. This Portable Stopwatch can be used to measure (in 0.01 second increments) time intervals in hours, minutes, seconds and milliseconds. Simply press start to begin counting time and stop to end counting time. A lap …
TTCalc Portable is a nice advanced Mathematical calculator written by Tomasz Sowa. Available in both English and Polish languages TTCalc is so simple to navigate and very easy to use. TTCalc contains hyperbolic and trigonometric functions amongst many more. The portable calculator can do conversions as well. Best of all it is tiny and can …
Stress MY PC is a Free tool created by Nenad Hrg. It can be used to Stress the CPU, Graphics Card, and Hard Drive of your PC or Laptop. Great way to see how log your laptop battery can hold a charge, or to test if your overclocked system can remain stable without crashing under …
PC Chrono is an all-in-one advanced portable alarm clock, stopwatch, timer and “Wake Me Up” alarm clock. The notification sound output is completely adjustable to suite the users specific needs. PC Chrono makes for a great portable stopwatch and alarm clock solution. This portable utility requires roughly 872KB for complete stand alone USB flash drive …
Clipboardic is a nifty little tool created by Nirsoft, that can be used to keep track of your Clipboard activity. It works by automatically recording Clipboard data and saving it to a Windows clipboard file (.clp). If you need to recover clipboard history, you simply select the clipboard file, and Clipboardic will display the items …
Balabolka is a Portable and Free Text To Speech (TTS) Software. It can be used to read text on screen out loud using the voices of Microsoft’s built in Speech API (SAPI). Balabolka can read the text from clipboard content, DOC, EPUB, FB2, HTML, ODT, PDF and RTF files. On screen text can be read …
X-WinMerge is based on WinMerge, an open source tool that is used to visually determine differences or changes in files. WinMerge is commonly used to determine what has changed between project versions, and can then be used to merge any changes between those versions. X-WinMerge is essentially the portable version of the merging tool, enabling …
Clock is a Freeware Alarm or Notification Clock created by Max2k. You can choose between an analog or digital clock and options are set via a right click menu. Features include the ability to set a notification or alarm time, set a text message to display in a window or play any .wav or .mp3 …
24×24 Free Button Icons is simply a compilation of Freeware icons created by Aha-Soft that can be used for personal or commercial use (see the readme in the zip for more info). Although not a portable app, you never know when these Icons might come in handy for an application or website. This is a …
Reveal is a password unmasking tool that can be used to recover or reveal passwords hidden behind asterisks. It works well for unmasking outlook express email account passwords (reveal email password). Essentially the tool changes the password text boxes to normal text boxes (revealing the hidden password).
Drive Manager is a Free Stand Alone Portable Drive Info Utility. It can be used to display, identify and manage your Hard Drives, CD/DVD Drives, Removable USB Flash Drives, and USB Hard Drives. From Capacity and firmware revision to serial number and product ID, Just about everything you need to know about your drives is …
SysExporter is a compact tool that enables you to export data such as files inside a folder or compressed archive, Windows event logs, Outlook email and contact information, registry values and more from just about every application that might be running on your PC. The data can be exported to a text, HTML or XML …
