PortableApps suite of USB stick-ready apps launches Platform 2.0 beta 3

PortableApps provides portable versions of popular applications including Firefox, OpenOffice, Pidgin, GIMP, VLC, and FileZilla. By portable, I mean no installation is necessary. You can run these applications by unpacking them to a hard drive, USB flash drive, or other removable media and clicking an executable file, which makes them easy to carry on a flash drive and use on multiple computers.

The team also develops an application launcher and puts together a suite of its most popular applications. PortableApps is beta testing version 2.0 of its Platform, and this week released PortableApps Platform 2.0 beta 3. The latest version features a ton of updates, including:

• Support for threme switching
• Support for 120dpi in Windows Vista and 7
• Ability to set menu transprency
• You can move most-used apps to the top of the menu
• Faster menu loading times
• Uninstall apps through a right-click context menu
• Configure apps to automatically run when the menu loads
• Support for PCs with more than one monitor

It's also easier to hide applications, run apps as administrator, and the menu has been configured to display appropriately in WINE.

[via WebWorkerDaily]

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