why use portableapps.com?

[FoxEye]

I'm just wondering, when I see apps like notepad++ (which are already available from their authors as a .zip with no installer) on portableapps.com, what the advantage of the portableapps.com format is?

For some other apps (like 7zip, Firefox), you can achieve the same result simply by extracting the setup.exe file like an archive file.

So who's using portableapps.com, and why?

 

[FoxEye]

the clue is in the name .. portable (meaning easy to transport)

I use dozens of the portable versions of apps , no need to install
and if you are like me and have 3 versions of windows on your PC then
it means 1 copy of a program and not 3 seperate installs (portable folder not on
any of the OS drives - on a storage HD)

They are also great for people who use 1 PC in work and another in
the house , you can now carry your apps on a memory stick and
with the new version of the portable apps launcher you can auto update apps
and install new ones easily.

The question wasn't "what is portable software good for". I was specifically asking about portableapps.com re-packaging software which in some cases already claims to be portable.

Thankfully marc2003 read the question....