[softwarelist] Re: OPW - Portable (USB Memory stick) version?

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From: Paul Shayler <g6tsf@xxxxxxxxx>
In message <RV1u8vCiAFgJFwM$@pilling.demon.co.uk>, David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes 
From: Paul Shayler <g6tsf@xxxxxxxxx>
I was just wondering, would it be possible to produce a version of OPW
that could be installed on and run from a USB Memory stick. This would
be like the PortableApps versions of Firefox, Thunderbird, Filezilla
etc. As I understand it nothing gets installed on the "host" computer.


This would be a good idea. A few years back one of the memory stick
makers set up a standard. I've no idea if the above use that standard
or work some other way.

It is not entirely trivial though because I do use the registry for
saving some data.
The standard you refer to I think is what is known as "U3". I appreciate that it may be possible to produce a "portable" version, but may not be easy to sort out use of the registry. 

Paul S.


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