Why portable programs are the best.

This probably already happened once in your live too:
You want to use a specific program on your windows machine and then you get this message.

You cannot count the times I have seen this pop-up. But instead of giving up here, I started digging. And then, suddenly, the answer to all of my problems was there: Portable Programs. In case you don't know what they are:
Portable Programs are programs which are made in a certain way, so you can carry them around on for example on an USB-stick. These open so many possibilities for anyone. Now you can game, program, and even create 3d Models and the only thing you ever need is just a simple storage device.

Note that the App / Program you are using often even don't need administrator privileges. The thing that needs it is the Installer so it can write the files in certain directories on your computer. Portable-Programmes skip this step by creating their own directories.

With this small extra step (selecting portable.zip instead of the downloader when downloading the App) you can finally create your own USB-stick where you have all your programmes always ready for use. I think this is a beautiful thing.

This article was updated on February 8, 2024

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