Portable msysgit http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/list PortableGit*.7z Rename this file to msysgit-1.2.3p.exe and execute it. Zip does not have an internal directory, so mkdir one to install into! Suggest d:\progra~1\msysgit-1.2.3p Copy MSDOS launcher icon and change invocation command to... %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe /c:bash -l (Obviously change path according to where cmd.exe resides) N.b. $HOME/.profile is not executed, so edit .bash_profile to execute it. (cwRsync has a better ssh) New version does!!! Make .bash file association Check for pre-existing assocs for .bash, esp. "ftype bash_auto_file". ftype bash_auto_file="d:\...\bash.exe" "%1" "%2"... "%9" assoc .bash=bash_auto_file GOTCHA! Can't xfer or ls correct size of files > 2G or so with scp. cp works fine with such files though. SumatraPDF http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/download-free-pdf-viewer.html Subversion I thought I downloaded a very vanilla svn client, like from GNU, but I can't find it now. http://www.sliksvn.com/en/download Do Custom and de-select all components other than *client and *messages. cwRsync This does do a full Windows install, modifying registry and Start menu. (Though it's not too smart about multiple installations). http://sourceforge.net/projects/sereds/files/cwRsync/ Download Rsync_*_Installer.zip. Zip contains just a since interactive *.exe installer. Uncheck "Secure Channel Wrapper" component. Installer does not create an internal directory, so mkdir one to install into! Suggest d:\progra~1\cwRsync-1.2.3 Critically important to have cwRsync's "ssh" in PATH before msysgit's. Since when you get a msysgit Bash shell it prefixes the msysgit system path, you must prefix cwRsync's bin dir to $PATH inside $HOME/.bashrc. 7Zip http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/files/7-Zip/ (I like *.msi for Windows installs, but are the *.exe here just auto-zip?) Gvim Consider givmdiff problem. Per old notes of mine: Add binaries to AA and home PCs: BUT NEED ONLY THE .exeS FROM MAIN ZIP + .dllS FROM DEP ZIP. [Also consider adding a new default C:\bin or similar directory. http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Fix_error_E97_Cannot_create_diffs_under_Windows VLC Gimp Inkscape Pidgin Shared Chrome installation Google for "alternate google chrome installer" Follow first hit. Follow the link ...for all user accounts...