On Tuesday, January 29, 2013, I gave a presentation to the Broward Personal Computer Association, about Portable applications for the Windows OS.
Portable Applications for MS Windows from Steve Costello
License
The presentation is under a Creative Commons License shown on the next to last slide.
If you are with another computer user group and wish to use this as a basis of a similar presentation, go to the contact page of this blog, and request that I send you the notes.
Please include your name, title, the club’s site address, and any other information that I can verify.
Summary of Presentation
- What a portable app is.
- Why to use a portable app.
- Where to get portable apps.
- What I consider essential portable apps.
- A practical demonstration of installing the PortableApps.com Platform, and adding portable apps, to a blank USB drive.
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Note: Updated March 20, 2013 to replace PDF copy, with a link to the Slideshare presentation.
Do you use portable apps?
What are your favorites, or what you consider essential?
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Hi Steve, this is a terrific presentation. I would very much like to present this to my club.
Bill,
Thank you for the compliment. I am sending you the files so that you can present to your group. As this is under Creative Commons Licensing you may adjust as you see fit, as long as you give me attribution.
Let me know how it goes.