Hi Lars (and others), I only thought of this idea after reading an article on the Toms Hardware Guide website about installing Windows XP on a USB flash drive.
If interested, the article is at: http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20050909/index.html But yes, it sounds like it may fall in the "too hard" category. Not looking forward though to lugging the laptop around on my holiday! Unfortunately, being a single person consultant, I can't just turn over any work to fellow employees while away! Cheers, Bill ========================================================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lars V. Nielsen (Hvenegaard)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Data Directions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "MapInfo List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 8:18 PM Subject: Re: MI-L : MapInfo on a USB Flash Drive? > Hi Bill, > > Usually, Windows programs are "installed" onto a PC as opposed to "copied". > This implies that all sorts of items are copied to many different locations > on the PC (Windows/System, Documents&Settings, ProgramFiles etc.), plus a > number of registry keys are added to the registry. > > This makes it hard if not impossible to use the "copy" approach, as would be > the case with a USB flash drive. > > However, I'm sure that by painstakingly moving all necessary parts into a > single tree (including updating the registry to reflect this), and exporting > the relevant registry information into a REG file to be run on each PC one > uses, it would be theoretically possible to run MapInfo Pro from a flash > drive. > > However, even then you'd probably need to run it on the same OS as it was > originally intended for, since both the common repository and the registry > organization may differ between OS'es. > > And yes, the flash drive drive letter is an issue, but that isue can be > solved using the good'ole DOS command "subst" :-) > > But I'm sure it's very hard work, so I wouldn't recommend it unless it's > very important to you. It is a novel idea though. > > Best regards / Med venlig hilsen > Lars V. Nielsen > -------------------------------------------------------- > Hvenegaard A/S > Rugaardsvej 55, DK-5000 Odense C > Denmark > Tel. +45 6313 5050 > http://www.hvenegaard.dk > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Data Directions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "MapInfo List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 1:20 PM > Subject: MI-L : MapInfo on a USB Flash Drive? > > > Is it possible to load and run MapInfo from a USB flash drive? > > The reason I ask is because I'll be travelling overseas for five weeks (in a > few months) and would prefer to just take a USB drive loaded with a working > version of MapInfo and my important client data, rather than lugging around > a 3 kg laptop. > > That way, I could check my emails and attend to any client requests on the > road. > > Would there might be issues relating to the Windows OS that the drive is > plugged into? > > Any thoughts, comments or experiences in this area? > > Thanks, > > Bill > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 17804 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 17807
