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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Beta

CodySafe app launcher gives PortableApps suite some competition

CodySafe
CodySafe is a program launcher for WIndows that can be installed to a USB flash drive to give you quick access to any portable applications stored on your drive. In other words, it's a lot like the PortableApps Start Menu. But there are a few things that make CodySafe worth checking out, even though it's still in beta.

First, in addition to letting you organize your applications, you can organize documents on your flash drive much the same way you do on a Windows PC, by sorting items into pictures, music, video, and documents, with shortcuts to each on your start menu. Second, CodySafe has a ton of customization options, including:
  • Customize your start menu by arranging items into groups
  • Add programs to an Autorun menu so they will launch whenever you run the CodySafe menu
  • CodySafe Control panel lets you adjust the language, system settings, or scan the disk for errors
  • Set custom command line parameters for each application
You can either install a handful of portable apps from CodySafe's web site, or you can use the application manager in the CodySafe options menu to add any app stored on your flash disk, including programs from PortableApps.com, Pendriveapps, and The Portable Freeware Collection.

CodySafe is a free utility. Future versions will include file, folder, and disk encryption, and a disk backup tool.

Filed under: Windows, Browsers

Xenocode lets you run Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer from a flash drive

Xenocode Safari
There have been portable versions of web browsers including Firefox, Google Chrome, and Opera that you can run from a USB flash drive for a while. Basically these apps let you store your data to the flash drive allowing you to run these apps on Windows without installing anything or writing any data to the Windows registry.

Xenocode
takes a different approach. And it works with other applications including Safari, Internet Explorer, and other desktop and web-based apps like Google Talk, Gimp, and Adobe Reader. That's because Xenocode employs virtualization techniques that detache an app from the operating system it normally runs on. Xenocode apps can be run from a web browser if they're deployed online. Or you can download a single executable file for some apps and run them from your hard drive or a USB flash drive.

Some of the web browsers are a bit on the old side. The version of Google Chrome available for download is out of date, and Xencode offers an executable version of Safari 3.2.1, not the newer and much cooler Safari 4 beta. But if you're looking for a way to try out a browser or another app without installing it first, Xenocode is worth checking out.

[via Digital Inspiration]

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