is it possible to run an App from a cd or dvd?

[Guest esar@slingshot.co.nz]

Is it possible to install an application TO a cd or dvd? then be

able to take that cd or dvd to any other Pc - and run that

application, making it unnessesary to actually install the App on that

Pc.

and of course if it is possible ~ how? or what programs are there to

perform the task?

thanks.

[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: is it possible to run an App from a cd or dvd?

 

If the application is a self contained executable or one that doesn't

use the registry at all then probably yes, but otherwise no, that won't

work. Most applications need to be properly installed and need to write

entries to the registry, the application then needs to use those

registry entries to work properly.

 

John

 

esar@slingshot.co.nz wrote:

> Is it possible to install an application TO a cd or dvd? then be

> able to take that cd or dvd to any other Pc - and run that

> application, making it unnessesary to actually install the App on that

> Pc.

> and of course if it is possible ~ how? or what programs are there to

> perform the task?

> thanks.

[Guest dadiOH]

Re: is it possible to run an App from a cd or dvd?

 

esar@slingshot.co.nz wrote:

> Is it possible to install an application TO a cd or dvd? then be

> able to take that cd or dvd to any other Pc - and run that

> application, making it unnessesary to actually install the App on that

> Pc.

> and of course if it is possible ~ how? or what programs are there to

> perform the task?

> thanks.

 

You can copy the apps folder to a cd. If you then run that CD located app

on another computer there are two possibilities...

 

1. If the app did not need to be "installed" originally, it will run fine;

however, if it trys to write to a file internal to itself - an ini or cfg,

for example - there may be problems. Generally, it will be OK

 

2. An "install" app - one that requires registry entries to set itself up -

may...

(a) make required entries (silently) in the new registry and run fine

((b) require "registration" and/or configuration if such was needed

originally

© get all confused and do nothing.

 

If it runs - and it probably will (a or b) - then it *IS* installed on the

different computer because it has made the needed registry entries.

 

 

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[Guest esar@slingshot.co.nz]

Re: is it possible to run an App from a cd or dvd?

 

>

> You can copy the apps folder to a cd.  If you then run that CD located app

> on another computer there are two possibilities...

>

> 1. If the app did not need to be "installed" originally, it will run fine;

> however, if it trys to write to a file internal to itself - an ini or cfg,

> for example - there may be problems.  Generally, it will be OK

>

> 2. An "install" app - one that requires registry entries to set itself up -

> may...

>     (a) make required entries (silently) in the new registry and run fine

>     ((b) require "registration" and/or configuration if such was needed

> originally

>     © get all confused and do nothing.

>

> If it runs - and it probably will (a or b) - then it *IS* installed on the

> different computer because it has made the needed registry entries.

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It'll be an interesting experiment to find out,

there seems to be programs out there for memory stick programs

(portable apps)

but havn't come across anything specifically saying it could install a

prog' onto other

media - like cd or dvd - maybe I'll just have a try at the above

suggestion, and see what happens!

I'll try, and I'll keep searching.

[Guest beamish]

RE: is it possible to run an App from a cd or dvd?

 

 

 

"esar@slingshot.co.nz" wrote:

> Is it possible to install an application TO a cd or dvd? then be

> able to take that cd or dvd to any other Pc - and run that

> application, making it unnessesary to actually install the App on that

> Pc.

> and of course if it is possible ~ how? or what programs are there to

> perform the task?

> thanks.

>

Hello,

Here are a couple of sites that may be of use.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-knopp.html

http://portableapps.com/

take care.

beamish.