Click the Next button after you’ve made your selections.Go through the list and place a check in the box next to each app you want to install to your thumb drive. Eventually a window will appear with a big list of all the software that works with PortableApps out of the box.

This can take a minute or two so just let it do its thing.

Give PortableApps time to load all of the software that it offers.

Select the Get More Apps… option and then the By Category option.

To get started adding software to it, click the Apps button.

The PortableApps app itself will be displayed in the bottom right corner of your desktop.

When PortableApps opens for the first time it displays the “About” screen.

Finally, make sure there’s a check in the box labelled Run Platform and then click the Finish button.

Just sit back and wait while the app installs itself onto your thumb drive.

Make sure the right drive has been selected and then click the Install button.

At this point you’ll be presented with a confirmation screen.

Select the drive that represents your USB thumb drive and then click Next.

Choose Portable – install to a portable device and click Next.

Select New Install and then click the Next button.

After clicking Next a few times you’ll be asked what kind of installation you want.

Once the download has completed, run the file. Visit the PortableApps download page and download the installer file.

You don’t have to delete everything on it, but it might be a good idea to copy the contents over to your hard drive just in case something goes wrong and your data gets erased during the PortableApps installation – which is unlikely, but things happen… To get started, plug in your USB thumb drive.Installing PortableApps on a USB Thumb Drive Perhaps best of all, it’s completely free and it’s even open source, so you can rest assured that there’s no malware or spyware hidden in the app. It works on every modern version of Windows, all the way back to Windows 2000. It’s incredibly handy to be able to plug it into a friends computer, work or school computer, and have everything you need ready and waiting for you to use.

It allows you to make any PC feel like it’s your own, and doesn’t leave anything behind. The PortableApps app lets you turn any thumb drive into a “portable PC” filled with your software, settings and bookmarks, documents, photos, audio/video files, and more. This guide will take you step by step through the process of installing, setting up and using the PortableApps app so that you can take your own software and settings with you everywhere you go.

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