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@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ As a result, a well-behaved portable program will:
- Not rely on files outside of the program's folder -- the whole thing is self-contained.
- Not leave much, or anything, behind on the main computer -- usually just some log files in appdata.
These properties are what I want from *all* software! The benefits even for non-portable use are many:
These properties are what I want from *all* software! The benefits even for non-portable use are many. Portable software makes it easy to:
- Easy to find and modify config files by hand -- no hunting for registry keys or configuration paths.
- Easy uninstallation procedure -- just delete the folder.
- Easy to run multiple simultaneous instances of the program, even of different versions.
- Easy to sync with [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/).
- Easy to back up and restore -- just zip the folder. No need to worry about important files hiding anywhere else.
- find and modify config files by hand -- no hunting for registry keys or configuration paths.
- uninstall -- just delete the folder.
- run multiple simultaneous instances of the program, even of different versions or with different configurations.
- sync with [Syncthing](https://syncthing.net/).
- back up and restore -- just zip the folder. No need to worry about important files hiding anywhere else.
There is even a website, [portableapps.com](https://portableapps.com/apps), dedicated to promoting portable software and preparing portable-ized versions of software that isn't normally available as portable. In the second case, however, you rely on portableapps being trustworthy.