On 1/10/13 9:43 PM, As_Simon wrote:
Hi Jacqueline,
I've been running LC apps off flash drives for Win and Mac for about 6 years
now and never had problems with it. They even connect to the interweb.
Don't recall ever having to do something special to make them "portable".
Remember that your drive letter will change often so watch your path.
No AutoPlay, autorun.ini doesn't launch anymore for Win, but use it for
setting the icons.
Oh and the whole CD partition thing is a pain so when they ask for that tell
them no. (There is a MSKB article on it which I can find for you if you
like). They will ask for it when they ask you if the user can erase the
drive.
Thanks very much Simon. I got a little spooked when I googled it and
found references to special Windows apps that would allow you to "make
any application portable". And I found references to versions of Google
Chrome that were specifically developed to be portable, and a few other
apps that had "portable" versions besides the desktop ones. Not sure
what that was all about but it made me wonder if something changed in
Win 7 or 8.
I don't think there's any worry about the user erasing the flash drive.
The app can be re-downloaded if necessary, and will be used by people
who need to run it on computers in different locations. It will
primarily be just an interface to a server on the net.
I assume Mac OS X Mt Lion will also still work? I haven't updated yet
even though I know it is inevitable.
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | [email protected]
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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