Make Any Program Portable on Windows 11

Make Any Program Portable on Windows 11
Today we will take a look at how to create a portable app in windows and run it from a USB drive.
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[@bufordmaddogtannen]

Install the program you want in a sandboxie sandbox. Now you can either copy the sandbox from a computer to the next one, or you can simply retrieve the files from the sandbox program files directory and copy it on a USB stick. Job done. In the unlikely event you need DLLS, these can be copied within the same folder. I have been doing something like this for 20 years. Sometimes you'll need to extract registry entries to keep the settings or to make the program happy when it starts.

[@DonzLockz]

Brilliant, I needed this ages ago. Thanks!😊

[@Britec09]

You're welcome

[@andrewvautour1795]

Thank you for this, I had no idea how easy it is and I have been using portable apps for years! Sometimes it's frustrating that an app is not portable and when I can't find the app I need I just shrug my shoulders and move on, now I can make my own! Excellent tutorial, thanks again!

[@Rob_III]

It's NOT that easy; it just happens to work with this specific example. Installing a program is MUCH more complicated and making it portable even more so (unless it's designed as portable app or you have access to the source code ofcourse).

[@deciodasilva3960]

This is very useful man, thanks... enjoy your weekend...

[@dmisi1]

Super Great as Always,..... Thank You !!!

[@Keith.W]

Thanks for the video Brian!

[@Britec09]

Thanks for watching!

[@johnpedersen8387]

Great tip Brian.

[@Zendukai]

Wow! Awesome bit of kit! Thanks Brian.

[@Britec09]

Glad you like it!

[@Zendukai]

@Britec09 Could say, Kaspersky Total Security work like this, or is this just for programs that are not like an antivirus or Malwarebytes program?

[@NightcoreClips_]

Great upload man. I'll def be using this.

[@Britec09]

You're welcome

[@finkiefox]

holy crap man thanks :D i will use this for my "big" game development project :)

[@Mike.Kachar]

Great video/tutorial. What a helpful thing to have & know about. Thanks! 👌👍👍

[@Britec09]

Glad it was helpful!

[@garrymcgaw4745]

Thank you Sir that was very helpful 👍.

[@Britec09]

Glad it helped

[@samersamha5667]

Thanks a lot for this very helpful video.

[@Britec09]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jockrocks7392]

Cool 😁👍 Thanks Bri

[@Britec09]

Any time!

[@Thank-Youuuu]

Great ! Thank you.

[@danielivanov930]

Pretty useful software recommendation. Thanks .

[@Britec09]

You're welcome!

[@1DesperateDan]

Hi Brian ! Very instructive video of a must have software ! I used a different program in the past ...Cameyo, but this one seems way better being much easier. Thanks again. Dan

[@Britec09]

I have used Cameyo as well

[@mekkicharfi5454]

Thank you very much

[@ampeg187]

On my way to test this 👍 thanks

[@Britec09]

Hope you enjoy

[@US_Joe]

Cool -thanx Brian! I'm just curious of how it deals with window's registry settings? How could those entries be incorporated on a different computer? 👍👍👍

[@Britec09]

portable apps run inside there own container

[@Mr76Pontiac]

​@@Britec09 Portable apps DESIGNED to run inside their own container, and designed to be run anywhere. It takes configurations, it takes settings, and puts them all within the directory. Tools like Gimp put DLLs all over the place (Which why you have to run the installer as an Administrator). When you do an application install, there may be certain CRITICAL things get put into the registry or NOT in this directory. I didn't see any evidence of that initial install detail being put into the package. All this seems to do is "zip up" the applications in the directory specified, throws a loader at it, and deals with the files. You can't reliably take that result file and put it on a machine that doesn't have ALL of the dependencies required to run it. If you take the app, do this .. I don't even know what to call it... Archiving? Zipping? Converting? .. Drop it on a machine that doesn't have the dependencies that the actual installer has, it's going to fail. I seriously wouldn't trust this app. Looks jank, smells jank.

[@IT-xc6gf]

What about updates on the application?

[@Rob_III]

@@Mr76Pontiac Agreed. There's MUCH more to an installer than zipping up a bunch of files. Yes, the main application may go in Program Files, but other files may be scattered all over the harddrive, like in userdata, the user's documents, the GAC, whathaveyou. And then there's the potentially tens, hundreds or thousands of registry entries that handle file associations, contain references to shared libraries and so on and so on. I'd like to see someone try with something a little more sophisticated like Office, or Photoshop.

[@joeking5211]

@@Rob_III Yep, bring back a local .ini file as scrap this nightmare of a 'registry'

[@wrathofbod]

Fantastic little tool

[@Britec09]

It sure is!

[@michaellasambouw]

Hi, thank you. This is new tools for me and i am giving to create more tutorial for that if you don't mind, Britec ❤

[@SoulPoetryandOtherWorks]

Cool Video. Thanks.

[@Britec09]

Glad you liked it!

[@johngoard8272]

Wow Brian mate this is simply a great little app and seeing it is portable as well is going to make lot of users very happy!! Now after seeing yesterdays video about Microsoft banning certain apps I hope that this is not going to be one of them eh?? Still great stuff mate and please keep stuff like this coming👍👍

[@Britec09]

Absolutely

[@clamatac]

tested with 2 programs, works awesome

[@Rob_III]

Which 2 programs? And did you try them on another system on which they weren't installed, ever? Or did you uninstall them first before trying the "portable" version? Because I can pretty much guarantee that with any bit of software of some sophistication like Photoshop or Office this won't work.

[@adriancoanda9227]

ah in windows pe or other operating system some system dependencies and services are also required if you add just the folder where you have install it it is just not enough

[@_Randwulf]

Thx 4 the vid Brian... Where can one obtain that wallpaper ?? My wife would love it... 👍😎

[@mitabpraga7487]

Well, dang me! Another one here who didn't know that was a thing. That'll save a bit of faffing, thank you very much. Just waiting for a guinea pig to try it on... Subbed.

[@bmc2266]

Timing is perfect for me! I am "building" a ventoy drive with a few tools. Thanks for the tip! Question if you read this : For someone that import,move and delete lots of files. (Audio work) Would you recommend having a dedicate partition for your download folder with the ability to wipe it clean from time to time and avoid fragmenting your drive at the same time?

[@Britec09]

You're welcome

[@stevem6677]

Cracking vid, as ever, is there a program that can make normal programs that install ISO, as I'd very much like to make Fabsautoback 6 Pro an ISO as the walkthrough to make it bootable is rather complicated at least for me! Thanks either way, hoofing vids...

[@emchodevetkov9438]

well done

[@all8273]

How does this work if some of the program is like in AppData or if it requires registry keys?

[@666KoXz666]

exactly...

[@5aad666]

I second this

[@ahmadsarairah2365]

شكرا جزيلا

[@yahyaaboudalal6790]

Thanks for the post but it seems not working for some more complicated apps.

[@DennisHolmberg-sl1hz]

Sounds a lot like Thinstall (which became ThinApp when VMWare bought them out in 2008).

[@bakedbean37]

Thanks. I hoped someone here would remember the name of that program. I used it copiously at one point.

[@Merlinscave2008]

marvellous, but could this be used to create a windows 10 or 11 portable usb i assum the file would be big 4+gb but running from a Ventoy disk could be handy ????? or shall i just shut up ?

[@HBProductions.]

Fantastic video. Is this something that's recommended for programs like 3D/animation or video games?

[@yanasitta]

Depends on the app. If it has an elaborate licensing scheme,it probably won't work.

[@HBProductions.]

@@yanasitta good to know. I was thinking just that too.

[@dextera.deleon214]

Brian, can I do the same thing to make GoogleTV portable? there are youtube videos showing a premade iso. but can I use this method to make GoogleTV on USB?

[@arksurvivalevolved9190]

Yeah so cool, I wonder if it would work like with Microsoft Outlook...

[@Rob_III]

Definitely not.

[@peterschmidt9942]

Seems like a neat piece of software. How does it go with keeping the software up to date (or it doesn't)?

[@Britec09]

You create new ones

[@peterschmidt9942]

@@Britec09 Righty-o. Cheers 👍

[@techwg]

When I last used a similar system, I had to run the installer for the software I wanted to make portable and that way it got all the registry and files and everything worked. If all you do with this is point it to something already installed, how does it know all the myriad areas of the registry it may have put things in?

[@bakedbean37]

"had to run the installer for the software" I've been wracking my brain trying to remember the name of the program I used years ago that worked this way. I got a bit carried away making portable versions of nearly everything. My tiny keyring thumb drive had a complete arsenal of programs I could use anywhere. As mentioned in the video they were usable in Windows PE installs. E2A: The program was called Thinstall. (Thanks to another comment below.)

[@room2738]

is the portable making app portable, or can you use the portable making app to make itself portable ? /runs ...

[@Rob_III]

How is this different than just creating a zipfile from a folder? This may work with some basic software (or software that is designed to be portable (too)) but in a lot of circumstances this won't work at all. There's more to a program than just the files in it's respective folder in "Program Files". There's appdata, shared folders of the vendor that may contain DLL's and other files that are shared with other products, registry entries, configuration data that may be stored in a gazillion of places etc.

[@PHOTOREACTION]

Xm! It doesn;t work with major programms like Photoshop or others that they need licence.Only for some free utilities? Xm...

[@peterdavis9403]

Can you put it on a flash drive then install the program it into the windows Program folder on a different computer without the original program's installer?

[@bufordmaddogtannen]

Unless you need specific DLLs and registry entries, the installer just puts files in the program files directory. Most of the stuff you install on windows can be moved anywhere you want and it will still work. When you move to a different computer, most likely you are going to lose the program settings, unless you took a backup of its registry keys and imported those on the other computer.

[@debeeriz]

can i do it with photoshop or mocrosoft office and use it on another machine

[@Rob_III]

I can pretty much guarantee this won't work.

[@barbieslegos8885]

Can I make Supermiun (chrome for windows vista) portable? That would be cool!

[@mikejoe1]

I followed your steps for Partition Wizard Tool successfully, but when I run the portable version is says " Error: Failed to load configure file". How to fix it please.

[@CostasSachpazis]

Interesting and Thank you very much. However, although I followed the procedure you showed step by step very carefully, it did not work for me. Any reasoning, please?

[@BigA1]

The video title mentions Windows 11, but will this technique work on earlier Windows versions?

[@graeme8884]

The supported versions of Windows include Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/Seven/2012/8/8.1 and Windows 10.

[@Britec09]

Yes

[@sherkhan_5050]

Out of curiosity, have you tested these boxed apps with VirusTotal? If yes, what were the results?

[@Britec09]

No, but you can do that if you want. Sometimes portable apps get flagged as false positive. If you don't trust apps like these, don't use them.

[@Rob_III]

@@Britec09 False positives are always a possibility, yes, ofcourse. But this thing is begging for it. This is a great way to "bundle" malware with your "portable" application. If this comes up as anything in virustotal then I would be VERY worried and not shrug it off as "false positive".

[@teddycaster248]

It works on Windows 10?

[@grogroge]

Can you try complicated software like Adobe or Autodesk ? 😍

[@Rob_III]

This definitely won't work.

[@leondevries478]

Nice video, little question does it work on W10 ?

[@graeme8884]

The supported versions of Windows include Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/Seven/2012/8/8.1 and Windows 10.

[@leondevries478]

@@graeme8884 thanks al lot !, best from the Netherlands

[@Britec09]

Yes, it works on Windows 10

[@leondevries478]

@@Britec09 thanks a lot,! about portable apps, Quick Access Popup is a splendid launcher for favourites, url's, text snippets, launch different links/files/.exe at once. Maybe an idea for a video. Best to you form the Netherlands

[@markclark787]

Can you run Synctoy in Windows 11

[@chanukanadun]

Hypothetically, if you used a trial rester or a crack for software like IDM and do this, is it gonna be there forever?

[@MountainKing7]

Looks like a nice hack to install time limited shareware.

[@kreont1]

Vauuuu that's i need some much. Portableapp doesnt work simply like that, Thanx

[@terrencerivers2358]

So what's the free software for?,if you just go to the already installed program file and copy it to a folder on your usb,when you want to use on a PC with it not installed copy from usb to documents folder,open folder and right click on exe and create shortcut to desktop,no need for installation.

[@tearren1]

I will try to answer your question with my limited understanding of computers. Some simple programs you maybe able to do ask you suggest by copying the folder. But other programs when they are installed reference or point to the registry. Other programs may reference a shared file with an extension such as ‘*.dll’ inorder for them to run. I do not fully understand how the program is able to know all the necessary ‘other’ files or registry references, unless maybe it runs the selected program in the background when it is creating the new portable file.

[@terrencerivers2358]

I'm going to download this program,put installation file in with rest of program files on C: drive then copy to ssd,just incase I need to use,but thus far have never encountered it 👍 thanks for feedback

[@LKattest]

It's really hit and miss, i am very experienced with portables and making them portable, photoshop 23 doesnt work for example. So i say 40% does work of all the programs making portable

[@UltraCenterHQ]

I wish all software was portable by default tbh. It's more cleaner

[@clamatac]

awesome, you can move and execute de boxed.exe to another pc without doing nothing more!?

[@Britec09]

Yes, its portable

[@vbmdsm]

What I got after installing was a completely different interface and it didn't produce a working program as it didn't seem to allow the Recursive Folder step...useless

[@Britec09]

You installed the wrong program

[@vbmdsm]

@@Britec09 Yes your correct, I paused the video a moment too soon - while your cursor was sitting on the Protector download button...

[@jacobhavinga9402]

ESET antivirus puts it straight in quarantine ... Installing Enigma Virtual Box is not even possible ...

[@pier-m]

Winrar can do it the same things😊

[@machdaddy6451]

Could this process be reversed to transplant the program to a different PC?

[@ytpre1631]

What about virus, can the portable program with virus infect windows?

[@airoria7]

I tried this app and I got a trojan virus, followed the instructions and when it finished making the package Microsoft defender flagged it as a virus

[@Merlinscave2008]

I have installed this little proggie, but antivirus. Does not like it so turn off before install - then make a portable of it as then it will run with anti virus programs.

[@Britec09]

That would be a false positive

[@yclept9]

Graduate students monkeying with the compiler make every program non-portable.

[@EpicUnit]

???????????? and how make engima software itself portable ????????????

[@joeking5211]

I really do have to wonder why a program that creates portable programs is not already itself a portable program. There has to be a reason, and that is what makes me think there is more to it than meets the eye. mmmm ??.

[@Pizzpott]

ESET deletes this as on as it is downloaded. If I disable ESET I can then install it without issues (after re-downloading the file as restoring it from quarantine kills it anyway). Then with ESET running, it kills and deletes it. Now as I trusted this file to be clean I added the download folder and the installation folder into the 'Performance Exclusions ' section of ESET with the \* at the end, so all files and folders were now free of all the types of scan ESET does. Uninstalled the Enigma Virtual Box and the tried to download it - it was immediately deleted. Closed ESET, installed it, Opened ESET, run it - deleted! So this app flags antivirus despite being told not to, it is actually trying to connect to the interest...which is why ESET is still deleting it, it is being stopped in HIPS. Oddly enough I got it installed by disabling ESET on my Windows 7 Desktop, and after adding the installation directory for this app into the same exclusions - it works fine. But ESET is no longer supported in Windows 7, so it is obviously a symptom of the newer versions. I have submitted it to ESET with a description of the issue.

[@satransitvideos]

My program I created portable came up as a Trojan

[@tonyphotiou1742]

Tried it with quicken 2008. On the PC where the program is installed, it works fine booting from a thumb drive. When trying it from my laptop, I get the following error. "Side by side configuration is incorrect"

[@alangrand3061]

When you compile a portable app using this program, AV Total reports it has many viruses attached. Beware.

[@Kuldaprince]

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[@Britec09]

Please ask for help on my discord server

[@Kuldaprince]

@@Britec09 okay boss

[@MohammadSalah1979]

Allah Bless You

[@Britec09]

Thanks

[@Nick41622]

Who?

[@BoltRM]

​@@Nick41622That which is known by many names.

[@kablammy7]

allah has no blessing - demons from hell cannot bless anyone

[@oldfatbastad6053]

Audacity already has a portable version 🙄

[@smirk_2445]

Yes audacity has a portable version but the point britec is making is that by following the steps in the video you can make a program portable 🙄

[@BoltRM]

@oldfatbastad6053 Does not understand ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@kablammy7]

why did my comment get erased ? ? ? my avast antivirus quarantined the boxed exe file so i sent the ' boxed ' stand alone program that was made - to virustotal website and it showed 10 antivirus progs that reported it as a virus - i put that info in a comment on this video and it got erased ... why ?

[@calvo_en_moto]

hello, the programs created with this software, give several "false positives", you have the same problem? thanks =)

[@Rob_III]

I'd be VERY worried and not shrug this off as "false positives". They may very will be, but what does this application do that just zipping a folder won't do? This is a great way to have malware bundled with an "portable" application.