Do you run PortableApps as primary software?

Submitted by gmbudwrench on May 2, 2008 - 4:14am

Having been around the forums a time or two, I noticed where a poster was running
mainly PortableApps software on their computer in place of proprietary or open source software. (By this, I mean, running PortableApps instead of the full installions of proprietary or open source software.) Having reformatted my system to remove some unwanted junk, I have created a folder in C: named PortableApps, installing my PortableApp preferences there and have traded out alot of proprietary software for PortableApp software. Example: Sumatra for Adobe reader, Gimp for MS paint etc. What I am wondering is, do any of you do this? If so, will it be okay to do this? I know the updates will now come from here, but other than that, will this be a problem and if not, how many of you use PortableApps this way?

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Patrick does that

digitxp (Homepage) - May 3, 2008 - 7:56am

I test mine on the PC. It's fine to do this, people usually do this so they know where all the junk goes.

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porterkm (Homepage) - May 3, 2008 - 9:11pm

I do that with a lot of my apps. Honestly, I think that PortableApps are faster and they don't clog up the registry. You might notice that your PC will last longer without having to reinstall Windows because of registry issues.

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Travis Carrico - May 4, 2008 - 12:55pm

for using PortableApps stationary on a pc, i would only use the PortableApps for the programs you don't use often. the downside to using only them is that they won't have all the file associations and shell extensions that the installed versions will have. for example: installing gimp lets me double click a gimp file to open it or right click a jpeg and say "edit with gimp". i would say install the programs you use a lot and interact with files, like openoffice, gimp, sumatra, etc, and use PortableApps versions of things like utilities and games.

You can use cafe for it.

m2 - May 4, 2008 - 3:15pm

You can use cafe for it. :)
Personally I don't use associations at all, I have separate hotkeys to edit and view in my file manager and it's better for me. I reinstalled my Windows a week ago and the only thing I had to do to get it setup perfectly was installing drivers. :)

It works fine

Pablo49 - May 8, 2008 - 3:50pm

It's a great option, I keep Sudoku and poker on my Pc as normal apps. I have Open office all ready as a normal program, so I don't use that. Most of the time they are better because of the reduced file size. I just wouldn't use the menu, just have them as seprate apps in your program files.

I've expressed my opinion on

nightbeholder - May 9, 2008 - 10:11am

I've expressed my opinion on this in this post:

http://portableapps.com/node/12918#comment-78459

I actually keep my

spaztastic (Homepage) - May 10, 2008 - 3:19am

I actually keep my PortableApps on both the host PC and the USB Drive. They are automatically synced when I insert the drive. I install the apps to the host PC first, delete the Other folder and Help link from the directory, run the app and set all the settings, then copy it to my removable drive.

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