You can click any of it to launch the program from the removable drive. You should see a folder called “PortableApps” with all your portable apps listed under it. Once Start Menu Enumerator 1.0 is installed, run it. Make sure is already installed on the removable drive and the drive is connected to the machine. Next, download Start Menu Enumerator 1.0 and install it to your Flash drive.

Let download your apps and ready your drive. The App Directory window will open automatically, from which select the apps you want to download to your Flash drive. Initially the launcher will be empty because we haven’t downloaded any portable apps so far. Install to a folder on your Flash drive, and then run it.

But we aren’t going to use any of these because we are going to integrate everything right into the existing Windows Start Menu. You can add new apps, organize them by category or folder, choose the look and color you want and automatically update everything. If you wish to do that – have shortcuts to your portable apps on Windows Start Menu, you have to use ’s suite of applications because this trick is exclusively for this particular suite.įirst, download the Platform which consist of a launcher menu, backup utility, app store, automatic updater and application management system that ties all your portable apps together. And do you know what’s better than a portable application launcher? Getting your portable apps to appear under Windows Start Menu. Another advantage of using a portable application suite instead of manually copying portable executables to a thumb drive is that portable application suites come with their own launchers or start menus that allow you to open your programs without having to hunt for them through a file browser. There are many portable application suites such as, WinPenPack, Lupo PenSuite and more, among which is the most popular because of the sheer number of portable applications that is available and supported by this suite. Portable application suites are collection of portable applications in a neat package that can be downloaded and installed directly on a pen drive. The best way to carry portable apps on a removable USB Flash drive is to use a portable application suite.

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