Portabilizer

There’s a great tendency among developers to create applications that require no installation, so they can be used on the go. However, not all of them can be made so, since some depend on registry integration. In case you do work with a lot of portable programs, then Portabilizer can help you create custom launchers.

Create custom program launchers

Upon launch, the application brings up a compact main window, with several input fields to specify general parameters and define the process. Accommodation is a walk in the park, since fields are self explanatory, but there’s also some documentation in case you get stuck along the way.
Portabilizer wants to help you create custom shortcuts for programs that require no installation. This lets you keep desktop shortcuts of programs that can only be used from a USB flash drive, skipping you the effort of accessing it each time the drive is plugged in.

Leaves more to be desired

Needless to say that in order for this to work, you need to specify the target program’s path, but this can only be done by writing it down, because there’s no browse dialog for easy selection. A name needs to be give, but make sure not to include any unsupported or special characters, because the process fails.
Moreover, the application lets you run the target program using custom parameters, which need to be written down in a dedicated field. Before the process is put in motion, you also need to specify the output directory, with a dedicated browse dialog here. In addition, it’s possible to load a custom ICO file for the new launcher you create.

To sum it up

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that Portabilizer is not quite what you’d expect to find under an application with this name. Sure enough, it can target any program on your computer, but not to make it portable, but rather to easily create custom shortcut that can be launched with custom parameters. If it tickles your fancy, there’s also Portabilizer Portable.