Programs that don't need to be installed

[prathapml]

* moved to app-installs forum

[Afterdawn]

@Inonit

I added your site to the startpost! Ofcourse I don't mind

[Afterdawn]

Hmm it seems like your site is offline...

[Xable]

ye thanxs Afterdawn, my isp has been doing server updates. all is well now

comon ppl where are your stand alone appz? i`m sure there are a lot more out there....

[bledd]

cdex

regseeker

media player classic

i put them into C:\Programs\ and put named shorcuts in the SYSTEM32 folder, to call them

so Start, Run, "cdex" would load cdex, "mpc", loads media player classic, and so forth

[prathapml]

i put them into C:\Programs\ and put named shorcuts in the SYSTEM32 folder, to call them

That is:

1. difficult for yourself

2. not microsoft's recommended method

3. cluttering up with files.

Instead, add entries for the names of programs you want to directly run, over here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths

[Afterdawn]

@ prathapml:

is that some sort of %PATH% usage?

[prathapml]

No, that's the registry key where all paths to known executables are stored.

For example, when you type "CMD" into the Run box, windows will look into that registry key to find out where cmd.exe is located.

I noticed that bledd was doing something which could be simplified this way, therefore that info!

[Shotgun]

Apps I can recomend include:

• Servant Salamander (freeware)
  
• ShareWatch http://www.stevemiller.net/sharewatch/
  
• All radmin.com "famatech network utilities". Install & copy the installed folder to USB. They are completely stand-alone (the end-result is what matters) . http://www.radmin.com/radmin/utility/
  
• NirSoft utilities http://www.nirsoft.net/ Excellent finds here!. Check the page throughly!
  
• Foxit FreePDF reader. No more bulkware! http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
  
• HiJackThis http://www.merijn.org/index.html
  
• Popcorn email client http://www.ultrafunk.com/products/popcorn/
  
• Start Menu Cleaner http://www.iceview.com/cleaner.html
  
• Startup Control Panel http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
  
• TCP Monitor / UDP Monitor and other nice freeware tools http://uu0jc.kiev.ua/
  
• Remove XP Hotfix backup files http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_hotfix_backup.htm
  
• Diskmon - view HD activity. Nice to have in a computer you connect to using Remote Desktop. (use /l parameter) http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/diskmon.shtml
  

[Afterdawn]

@ jaclaz and Shotgun:

Foxit is really great! What a small program and I can view every PDF file! I can even search and select-copy text! In only 1 Megabyte! Thanks!

Beat that Adobe !

[jaclaz]

As a POP3 mail app, I use this nifty little one:

npop:

http://www.nakka.com/soft/npop/index_eng.html

jaclaz

[Xable]

@ Shotgun, thats what i`m talkin about more like that please ppl

@ Afterdawn, i found an old copy of Acrobat Reader 4 do you think its worth adding to my list, i mean i dont have any pdf`s created with newer releases to test wether this old stand alone reader will open them. maybe someone can test it and let me know.

[Shotgun]

@ Shotgun, thats what i`m talkin about  more like that please ppl 

@ Afterdawn, i found an old copy of Acrobat Reader 4 do you think its worth adding to my list, i mean i dont have any pdf`s created with newer releases to test wether this old stand alone reader will open them. maybe someone can test it and let me know.

Many old Acrobat versions are kept in the text-only Adobe Reader download page

also, here: http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=acrobat

[bledd]

i put them into C:\Programs\ and put named shorcuts in the SYSTEM32 folder, to call them

That is:

1. difficult for yourself

2. not microsoft's recommended method

3. cluttering up with files.

Instead, add entries for the names of programs you want to directly run, over here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths

cheers mate

always wondered where the shorcuts for things like Firefox and Winrar were kept

[Shotgun]

You guys might also want to check out this list of freeware programs. Most of them don't need installing or after installed, they can be easily moved to a USB or CD and runned from there without major problems.

http://www.pricelessware.org/thelist/index.htm