1. Step There are various program suites available online that include a bunch of portable apps. One of the most famous suites can be downloaded from http://portableapps.com/download
2. Step The Portableapps.com suite is pretty amazing and offers a great variety of apps for your USB device.
3. Step After installing the suite, you should double-click Start.exe. The portable “Start Menu” opens where you will initally not find a lot of apps. Click on Apps on the right bottom and click on Get more Apps:
4. Step Some of the must-have portable apps are included:
- Notepad++ Portable
- IrfanView Portable
- Mozilla Firefox Portable
- Thunderbird Portable
- OpenOffice Portable
- Opera Portable
- Pidgin Portable
- Foxit Reader Portable
- 7zip Portable
- Audacity Portable
- Chrome Portable
- VLC Portable
- Spybot and Destroy Portable
- Skype Portable
There are a lot more cool portable apps like uTorrent, a Feed Notifier and a lot of useful tools for emergency situations. If you have 2 USB devices, I suggest you install your favorite portable apps on one and a bootable OS on the other.