FreeMind

[Prerequisite]
0.8.0: JRE 1.4.2 or JRE 5
higher: JRE 5 or JRE 6

[Need Installation?]
NO

[Software Files]
freemind.exe: it use c:\Documents and Settings\***\.freemind\
freemind.bat: as shown below, it can use .\.freemind\
lib\freemind.jar: double-click, but also use .freemind\ same as freemind.exe

[Version Recommended]
0.8.0 is Stable
Edition:"
You may choose a minimum install that gives you only the basic FreeMind package or a maximum install, which includes plugins for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), Portable Document Format (PDF), reminders and help files.
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[Portable Support]
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Asked_questions#I_start_FreeMind_but_nothing_happens
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USB Portable FreeMind

Just add the following Java option in the freemind.bat or freemind.sh and everything is contained on the USB stick:

-Duser.home=.
As an example see the new content of my BAT-file, which looks like:

@echo off java -Duser.home=. -cp lib\freemind.jar;lib\commons-lang-2.0.jar;lib\forms-1.0.5.jar;lib\jibx\jibx-run.jar;lib\jibx\xpp3.jar;lib\bindings.jar freemind.main.FreeMindStarter

This lets FM create and use the subfolder .freemind in the location of the freemind.bat.

As we know, USB flash drives support only limited number of writes. It means that reliability of such device drops down as time advances. Freemind, by default, saves your open maps every minute to .freemind dir which is in this case on the flash drive. If you aren't too paranoid you can avoid this by setting autosave dir to tmp dir of your OS. Freemind will automatically delete autosaves on exit so your precious data won't be left on a host machine. Go to Tools->Preferences->Path to automatic saves and set it to 'default'. Freemind will understand this on Windows probably as c:\windows\temp, Linux - /tmp or /var/tmp.

That's it and enjoy!
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good. unlike jedit, freemind offer this way to change this path: c:\Documents and Settings\***\. also cool to protect usb drive