A "portable" application runs directly from a USB stick or a folder on your hard drive without installation. It writes no registry keys to Windows and leaves no trace on the host machine.
Organizations with vast archives of .pmd files often use portable versions to quickly open and convert old templates without a full software suite. PageMaker 7.0 vs. Modern Alternatives
: Adobe officially ended development for PageMaker in 2001. It has been replaced by Adobe InDesign , which was built to succeed PageMaker's architecture. The "Portable" Version