Windows tends to slow down after two years. If you do a clean install every six months, use PickMeApp to save your smaller utilities (like Notepad++, VLC, or 7-Zip) without hunting down each installer.
Because of this complexity, you cannot simply copy an application's folder from C:\Program Files on one PC to a USB drive and paste it onto another. The new PC won’t have the registry keys or the supporting system files, rendering the application broken. PickMeApp 0.6.3.1 Portable .zip 1
Unlike cloud backup solutions that require re-downloading everything, PickMeApp creates local archives. Version represents a specific milestone in the software's evolution—one that many users consider the most stable "portable" release before the developer shifted focus to newer, less compatible versions. Windows tends to slow down after two years