Boca Raton Computer Society, Inc. (BRCS) Ends July 2018

The Boca Raton Computer Society, Inc. (BRCS) is being dissolved.

Operations will cease July 1, 2018, and the Boca Bits newsletter’s last issue published July 2018 also.

The Board of Directors will meet as needed until the distribution of assets is complete.

Portable Applications and the PortableApps.com Platform

On May 20, 2015, I gave the Portable Applications and the PortableApps.com Platform presentation at the Boca Raton Computer Society’s general meeting.

The linked Portable Applications and the PortableApps.com Platform PDF is a version of the slides, used for the presentation, with more text information than visual.

I have used portable applications and the PortableApps.com Platform itself for a long time. One of the best reasons is because these are free, though they might ask for a donation, and I can take all my settings with me.

PortableApps.com Home Page Screenshot

Summary of Presentation

An overview of portable applications for MS Windows in general

  • What a portable app is
  • Why to use a portable app
  • Where to get portable apps
  • What I consider essential portable apps

An overview of the PortableApps.Com Platform

  • PortableApps.com home page
  • PortableApps.com Platform 12.0.5 download
  • PortableApps.com Platform install

Videos

After the presentation, I performed a live demonstration of installing the PortableApps.com Platform v12.0.5, how to start it up, the options, the menu items, and how to install apps with the platform.

The following videos show all but the installation itself.

PortableApps.com Platform 12.0.5 Startup
This video shows how to start the platform, and explains the menu items.

PortableApps.com Platform 12.0.5 Options
This video is a  run through of the options for the platform, the defaults and what I like to change.

Feedback

Do you use portable applications, with or without the PortableApps.com Platform?

What are your favorites, or what you consider essential?

Related articles

Boca Bits Newsletter August 2015

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The August 2015 issue of the Boca Raton Computer Society Boca Bits newsletter has been posted at http://brcs.org/bocabits.htm.
(PDF versions of Boca Bits from November 2001 available on the site also.)

Some of the Contents

  • Page 3
    President’s Message
  • Page 5
    Free Apps That Can Save or Make You Money
    I am all in favor of saving and making money. Ira Wilsker gives us plenty to check out. Just be careful as always.
  • Page 11
    How Can It Be Safe to Give My Information To Anyone?
    Leo Notenboom talks about giving out your information online, and how to stay safe.
  • Page 14
    Five Things the Tech Industry Won’t Tell You
    Some observations of what the tech industry will not tell you, but that you should keep in mind.
  • Page 17
    2016 FACUG Consumer Electronic Expo Flyer
    A flyer about the January 2016 Expo, including a registration form.
  • Page 18
    July 2015 Interesting Internet Finds

Announcement

APCUG 2015 Summer Virtual Technology Conference
Saturday, August 15, 2015
1:00 pm ET, 12 noon CT, 11:00 am MT, 10:00 PT
For the conference schedule & presentations, go to:
http://apcug2.org/category/virtual-tech-conference/