Guest esar@slingshot.co.nz Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 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) Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 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 Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 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. -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
Guest esar@slingshot.co.nz Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 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.
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