Well, sometimes I'm in work and want to download and install some PortableApps to my pendrive. But because local user rights, I cannot install them.
It there an way to get "extractable packages" of existing PortableApps apps, or to extract files from them instead of running the app?
I know that you can install these apps to a pendrive from a machine you have admin privileges and them to use that installed one in another computer - oh, the portable thing 
Why is installation of PortableApps apps so necessary? Why aren't they delivered as ZIP/RAR packages?
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None of our apps or the platform require anything more than a Guest account to install or run. Our installers and launchers are written using NSIS (an advanced installer scripting language), but they are all set to use the current user rights and not need admin rights. They will work on Windows 2000 to Windows 7, x64 or x86, and Admin, Limited or Guest account-level accounts.
The PA.c Installer has many advantages over ZIP files (most notably upgrades):
https://portableapps.com/about/what_is_a_portable_app#whypaf
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!
I would guess that it's not the local privileges preventing your from installing, but your company's Group Policy. It's a 2 second operation for your friendly local IT department to prevent users from installing software, regardless of target location.
If this is the case, there's no way around it.
Nerdy Redneck
As our installers are marked as not requiring admin rights, they're not really installers in terms of the way Windows sees them. And, as our launchers are using the same language (NSIS), if there is a setting to prevent our installers running, it should prevent the launchers running as well.
Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!