phiola is a fast audio player, recorder, and converter. It can play audio files from your device or remote server, record audio from your microphone or Internet radio stream, process and convert audio into another format, and more. A long list of included codecs means it can cover both common and uncommon audio formats.
The program comes with multiple interfaces including CLI, TUI, GUI, system pipe and SDK interfaces. Its fast startup time allows using it from custom scripts on a "play-and-exit" or "record-and-exit" basis, and can be run from read-only media.
Available on Linux and Android.
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| Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
| License: | BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License |
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| Similar/alternative apps: | foobar2000, AIMP, XMPlay |
| What's new? | See https://github.com/stsaz/phiola/releases |
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juverax
on 2025-09-01 12:56
On the GitHub release page: https://github.com/stsaz/phiola/releases/tag/v2.5.8
juverax
on 2026-07-21 14:42
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Phiola v. 2.8.11 https://github.com/stsaz/phiola/releases/download/v2.8.11/phiola-2.8.11-windows-x64.zip |
FileAccessErrorView is a diagnostic tool for Windows that displays information about errors occur while programs running on your system try to open/read/write/delete a file. It displays the filename that the application tried to open/read/write/delete, the process id/name of the application, the error code (NTSTATUS code), the description of the error code, the number of times that this error occurred and the timestamp of this error.
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| Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Dependencies: | Administrator rights |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Freeware |
| How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch FileAccessErrorView.exe. |
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WizTree is a very fast disk space analyzer and search tool, scanning a single folder or your entire hard drive quickly and showing those files and folders using the most disk space. The program uses the NTFS Master File Table (MFT) feature in Windows to rapidly view files.
Note that this high-speed mode is limited to local, NTFS-formatted drives. The program must do a (much slower) scan of FAT-formatted or network drives for analysis.
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| Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| License: | Free for personal use/Donationware |
| How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch WizTree.exe or WizTree64.exe. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | SpaceSniffer, Xinorbis |
| What's new? | Changelog at: https://wiztreefree.com/whats-new. |
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emmanuel d
on 2023-03-21 12:21
Just downloaded the latest portable version, and it asks for admin permission. That is a no no for me.
olliebean
on 2023-08-26 11:46
I don't know if this is the case in Windows 11, but in Windows 10 the new "Windows 11 style" UI seems noticeably laggier.
Special
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Noticed the same thing here, I reverted back personally, and frankly this "change" is enough to keep me from updating to future versions. The dev is very good about these things though, so maybe he'll revert these changes back if he knew there were issues, he's somewhat active (I think) on these here forums. |
Discord is an easy-to-use, video and voice-over-IP program focused on gamers. The program functions with groups, includes high quality audio and maintains low CPU usage. The program also supports text chat, direct messaging, hotkeys, channels, permissions and embedded file exchange. The program integrates privacy settings, themes, streaming mode, notifications and more.
Discord Portable is a portable wrapper for the Discord instant messaging and VoIP program. The program is cross-platform with clients available for Web, Android, iOS, Mac and Linux. Alternatively, there is a bit outdated (from 2022) another wrapper developed by demon.devin.
Although most functions are free, some channel creations include premium features and games can be purchased via an integrated store.
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| Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Freeware/Open Source (wrapper: MIT, Discord: freeware) |
| How to extract: | Download the self-extracting "setup" EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch discord-portable.exe. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | Teamspeak, qTox |
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CudaText is a code editor with a clean, tabbed interface and side-panels. Includes split view, code folding, hotkeys, macros, theme support, color picker and much more. The program supports 300+ syntaxes and add-ons written in Python, as well as some IDE features if plugins are used.
Program settings are modified either via options dialogs, or alternatively, by manually editing text config files (JSON format).
The program is cross-platform, with clients available for Mac, Linux, and others.
Alternatively CudaText Portable by PortableApps is also available.
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| Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
| License: | MPL 2.0 |
| How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch cudatext.exe. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | SynWrite, Atom Portable |
| What's new? | See: https://cudatext.github.io/history.txt |
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Midas
on 2023-02-13 09:33
@FileHandler: It would be helpful -- at least for me -- if you could document your findings and settings in CudaText's forum topic... TiA
Sybe
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For more languages : https://sourceforge.net/projects/cudatext/files/addons/translations/ |
CherryTree is an hierarchical note-taking application. It features rich-text formatting, syntax highlighting, spell-checking, image insertion and password protection. Data is stored in a single XML or SQLite file. Import from plaintext, HTML or your favorite note-taker, including Zim, Treepad, Keynote, Mempad and RedNotebook. Export to PDF, HTML or plaintext files.
Cross-platform with versions available for Mac and Linux. CherryTree Portable is a portable wrapper for CherryTree.
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| Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes. However, enabling spell-checking creates the folder "enchant" in AppData\Local |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | GNU GPLv3 |
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| Similar/alternative apps: | Flashnote |
| What's new? | See: https://github.com/giuspen/cherrytree/blob/master/changelog.txt |
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Ennovy
on 2023-12-17 09:47
How to extract 2. should be: "for portable config put config.cfg in portable folder root, beside license.txt" Source: https://www.giuspen.com/cherrytree/#downl
Andrew Lee
on 2023-12-20 07:08
@Ennovy: Though worded slightly differently, they seem to mean the same thing? Basically just create an empty "config.cfg" in the root folder, a rather typical technique used by many other portable apps.
Ennovy
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@Andrew: I had already changed it. Before that the instruction was to create the config file in the bin directory which is incorrect. |
Media Player Classic - Home Cinema (MPC-HC) [clsid fork] is a lightweight player with broad format support. It includes keyboard shortcuts, audio/video controls, a web interface for remote control and more. The program is derived from Media Player Classic (MPC), a media player that mimics the interface of Windows Media Player 6.4, and adds support for EVR rendering, video hardware acceleration, bugfixes, additional languages, decoders and more.
Note: this is a fork of the original version that ceased development in 2017.
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| Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | GPL |
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| Similar/alternative apps: | SMPlayer |
| What's new? | See: https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/latest |
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MIKLO
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No matter what IMO Media Player Classic has always been, and will always be the best overall Media Player. I've been using for a very long time on many different OS's and it fulfilled my needs on all of them. I like the look and all the rest, maybe I'm being partial but so what it works 4me :) Great job by the makers so thanks for the hard work. |
calibre is a feature-rich e-book library management application with a variety of useful functions including viewer, addendums, editor, online book and news search/download. The software can perform detailed searches, convert between formats including e-books to device-specific formats, batch metadata tools, and a content server for online access to your collection.
The program syncs automatically with many different physical devices. It supports a variety of ebook and document formats.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux. Alternatively, Calibre Portable and an outdated X-calibre, as well as a WinXP-compatible version are also available.
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| Runs on: | Win10 / Win11 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Dependencies: | Requires 64-bit Windows |
| Stealth: ? | No. HKCU\Software\Trolltech |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | GNU GPLv3 |
| How to extract: | Download the "portable installer" and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch calibre-portable.exe. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | TEBookConverter |
| What's new? | Changelog: https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new |
| Latest comments | See all 24› |
RisohEditor is a resource editor for Win32 development. It supports adding, editing, extracting, cloning and removing resource data in EXE/DLL/RC/RES files. This includes resources such as dialogs, menus, icons, cursors, string tables, message tables etc.
Alternatively, RisohEditor Portable is also available.
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| Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | GPL |
| How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch RisohEditorPortable.exe. |
| Similar/alternative apps: | ResourceHacker, ResEdit |
| What's new? | See: https://github.com/katahiromz/RisohEditor/releases |
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juverax
on 2022-03-31 15:34
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Softpedia download link (portable version): 404 Not found |
IrfanView is a viewer for a wide variety of image, audio and video formats. The program includes batch processing, creation of panoramic images, edition of multi-page TIFF files, lossless JPEG rotate/crop and effects such as sharpen and blur. Other tools such as screen capture, scanner, slideshow, plugin support and ability to capture icons from EXE or DLL.
Alternatively, IrfanView Portable is also available and updates drive letters and handles registry keys.
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| Runs on: | WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine |
| Writes settings to: | Application folder |
| Stealth: ? | Yes |
| Unicode support: | Yes |
| License: | Free for personal use (the installer is adware) |
| How to extract: |
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| Similar/alternative apps: | XnView, Imagine, FastStone Image Viewer |
| What's new? | See: https://www.irfanview.com/main_history.htm |
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Cornflower
on 2023-12-10 08:43
Also note that virtually every new release updates some plugins, and version 4.65 is no exception. Most users may want to go to https://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm and download the 32- or 64-bit package, and dump them into the Irfanview Plugins subdirectory.
Cornflower
on 2024-04-05 13:40
I notice in 4.67 that the OCR plugin is updated. It suggests using the Tesseract OCR, which I suspect is not portable. When I test it I will be looking to see if it can be made portable, and if it works with 32-bit Irfanview (there are a number of limitations with the 64-bit Irfanview so I am staying there).
M1P0
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Starting from ver. 4.67.2, the new OCR plugin can read QR Codes and Barcodes by itself, without any Tesseract. |