Portable Applications are the softwares that can be run directly from a portable device without requiring installation. These are quite useful if you travel a lot and need your softwares with you all the time. You can keep portable versions of your favorite softwares all the time with you on a USB drive and they can be run from any computer with a USB port.

Moreover, the greatest benefit of using portable applications is that none of the settings, history, data is kept on the host computer as everything is stored on the portable device.

We have compiled a list of 10 essential portable applications for your USB drive that will work on any Windows system.

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Formatting your USB flash drive to NTFS is just like a child’s play. Just follow the undergiven steps to perform the formatting.

1. Click Start menu.
2. Right click My Computer and select Manage.
3. Double click the Device Manager and find your USB drive under the “Disk Drives” heading.
4. Right click the drive and select Properties.
5. Click Policies tab and select the “Optimize for performance” option.
6. Click OK.
7. Open My Computer.
8. Select Format on the flash drive.
9. Choose NTFS in the File System dropdown box.
10. Device Formatting is completed.