Fred Holmes wrote:
Does the [current version of] Open Office install like MS Office with registry
entries that make it difficult / impossible to run it from a portable hard
drive (without using some specialty utility such as U3), or can it simply be
installed on a portable hard drive and run from any machine it is plugged into
(like Eudora can be, if the settings/data directory is set to be the program
files directory, or some directory on the portable hard drive)?
Does installation of Open Office mess with the desktop? (like an installation
of Star Office did when I installed it many years ago. After I installed Star
Office, I couldn't find anything.)
I may just try it and see, but I'd like to know what to expect. I have an
external USB/Firewire data hard drive, and I'd like to install Open Office on
it, with just the individual WP, SS, Pres, etc. programs being accessible
through a shortcut. I don't want any registration of file extensions to
automatically open with Open Office apps.
Yes, I'm running Win2k or XP on the various machines the portable hard drive
might be plugged into.
TIA
Fred Holmes
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Fred,
Go here; http://portableapps.com/
Download, install and enjoy.
John
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