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Portable applications<\/strong> – also called portable apps<\/strong> – are small programs that do not require an installation in a computer before they are run; instead they are run directly from a removable drive, for example a USB flash drive. A portable application is usually a utility program, for example a text editor, email client, web browser, antivirus software, backup software, system tool etc, but can also be a game or something else.<\/p>\n One of the biggest advantages using portable apps is that the system itself (for example the Windows Registry) is not affected. All settings are stored in a local folder on the storage device, although there sometimes can be exceptions from this behaviour and some settings can be stored on the computer’s hard disk.<\/p>\n AutoRun menu for your portable applications<\/strong> More information<\/strong>
\nIf you use our AutoRun tool USB AutoRun Creator<\/a> in concert with our menu designer tool CD-Menu Creator<\/a> you can create a menu interface for your portable applications that is automatically opened when the USB stick is inserted into a computer’s USB port – a so called AutoRun menu<\/strong>. This menu interface lets you quickly and easily start a portable app with just one mouse click. The picture in the top of this blog post shows how a menu interface for portable applications can look like. If you press on one of the buttons in the menu, the portable program is launched immediately.<\/p>\n
\nIf you want to read more about USB AutoRun Creator<\/strong>, CD-Menu Creator<\/strong> and portable applications, click on the link below:<\/p>\n