![]() ![]() Foxit Reader Portable (faster and lighter than Adobe Reader, though it’s not as good when things are layered transparently).WinMerge Portable (a “diff” or “delta” tool for comparing two files or two folders I use it mostly for merging edits to text files and for doing semi-manual backups/syncs).Notepad++ Portable (a powerful text editor that can do find/replace across many files at once, and which supports regex).If you’re interested in portable software, here are some other tools from that I use a LOT: There may be other downsides, but I’ve been happy with this for a few years now. And I’ve nearly always been able to work around this. mailto: links, or software crash dialogs launching draft bug reports) but it’s no worse than using webmail with no registry hooks. Without any registry hooks, other software can’t launch new draft messages for me (e.g.Upgrading is a more manual process, so I don’t tend to do it as often.it means less junk installed in my Windows registry Thunderbird Portable puts its settings in an.the whole thing sits inside my hidden TrueCrypt volume it’s totally invisible.I can restore a backup just to look at it, without affecting the current copy (I first turn off auto-downloading of messages, though).I can easily back up the whole thing by backing up the program’s root folder (no need for special software like MozBackup).with just a flash drive–no laptop–and get a new one there on arrival.) I can easily move the whole thing (profiles, program, all settings, and all plugins) from one computer to another, or even just on a flash drive.Just so you’re all aware of another email backup option: the site does a good job of providing current versions of Thunderbird (and lots of other good software) in portable format. So, here’s an expanded version of that reply. I replied as well, mentioning Thunderbird Portable, and it was suggested that I share this info more broadly. Someone recently asked on a list about whether MozyBackup is always compatible with the latest version of Thunderbird, and one list member replied that it is generally sufficient to manually back up your profile, as described here: ![]()
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