Since the only source of Internet in Delhi for me is my Office, I needed a portable application for blogging because installing my own applications is not allowed in Office. This is the reason I use portable version of Firefox, Pidgin, 7-Zip etc for my work but so far I wasn’t able to find a proper & good Portable Blogging application. I use Windows Live Writer for posting my blogs which is a boon to all Windows Users who blog. This is an awesome application which even Microsoft haters agree that it is a good application. While looking for a portable replacement I came across something interesting. Windows Live Writer is already available in Portable format.

Presenting Windows Live Writer : Portable by Scott Kingery. It requires Administrative rights to run. The following text is taken from his blog.

Download Windows Live Writer : Portable

The zip file does NOT contain everything you need to run Windows Live Writer. This is simply a launcher which will run Windows Live Writer in a self contained environment so you can take everything with you between computers via your USB memory stick or other portable device.

To get this portable app to work you need to follow these steps closely:

1. Unzip this file to your USB or other portable drive
2. Download Windows Live Writer from: http://windowslivewriter.spaces.live.com
3. Install Windows Live Write as usual. You don’t even have to run it, just so long as it is installed.
4. Copy ALL of the files FROM c:\program files\windows live writer TO the new structure on your USB drive that looks like the graphic below \WindowsLiveWriterPortable\App\WindowsLiveWriter

5. You can now uninstall Windows Live Writer if you want

To use Windows Live Writer from your USB drive simply double click on WindowsLiveWriterPortable.exe and it will take care of the necessary registry settings and document paths. If you have used WLW on your computer before, the launcher will copy all your settings and files to the USB drive.