If you are working in corporate network chances are that you will not have administrative rights to install or un install software. You want to play that funky puzzle game but receive the dreaded message that installation can not continue as you do not have administrative privileges. You feel like kicking the PC and go to your home and play it on your PC. You want to use Firefox in office but your work PC has only IE 6 and due to restriction you are unable to install Firefox too.

Portable Apps offer a platform to run all those softwares you ever wish to run on the PC but can not get pass the installation as you do not have rights. You can either download individual application and according to your need or download the whole suite which can be then installed on a portable device like USB thumb drive, and iPod or a portable harddrive. Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows based PC.

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