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Portable Apps on PC: Slower??

Jonathan Bean - November 13, 2009 - 6:46pm

I've installed portable apps on my hard drives for years without a problem (Firefox, VLC, many more). However, I notice VLC takes FOREVER to open compared to the "regular" (non-portable) version. This leads me to a question that people ask but I can never answer:

Are portable apps "on your PC" generally slower? If so, why? Has anyone ever tested?

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Antivirus

usbtastic - November 13, 2009 - 7:41pm

The antivirus programs tend to slow down the portable versions due to the way they are compressed. Try turning off the AV and see they load quicker. I have addde an exception to my AV not to scan my PortableApps directory because of the slowness.

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