Competent application virtualization: in general terms, Cameyo does an excellent job.It then wraps the installed program and environment in a virtual layer that is accessed via a single executable. How it works: Cameyo takes a snapshot of your system right before you install a new software, monitors the install process, and figures out all the modifications that were made to your system in the interim. I.e., you cannot simply undo an installed program once you virtualize it rather, you will need to either uninstall the program normally or otherwise virtualize the program within a virtual machine in the first place. One disadvantage, though, is that unlike SVS, the initial installation of a program is not virtual, at least in the version I tested. Although still in its early stages, Cameyo is under active development, unlike SVS which has been put on hold ever since it was acquired by Semantic a couple of years ago. Most commonly, software virtualization is done for security reasons, for testing purposes, or for the purpose of making a program portable.Ĭameyo is a free software virtualization program that is one of only two freeware apps of its kind, the other being the afore-mentioned Altiris SVS, which, however, only works on 32 bit Windows.Ĭameyo, in contrast, runs on both 32 bit and 64 bit operating systems. Software virtualization, if you’re unfamiliar with it, is a process whereby a specific program is run in a “virtual layer”, where the interaction with the operating system and the host environment is temporary and is automatically undone once the virtual program is terminated (more commonly referred to as “sandboxed”), until the next time you run the virtualized app.

Cameyo portable apps