run apps off a USB drive?

[wonkotheinsane]

Hey, guys, do you have the experience of running your daily used apps off a USB drive?

Which is I am now trying to do. But I find that only portable apps can be run like that.

while some apps like MS office are not portably available. How can I do that?

 

[johnb35]

Most applications require registry entries to make the program work correctly, Dll files need to be installed on the system for the program to work correctly also.

There is no way to make a program work from a usb flash drive that requires these files and registry settings installed.

 

[lucasbytegenius]

Portableapps.com is what I use. For a MSO portable alternative, OpenOffice Portable does the job.

 

[wonkotheinsane]

Thanks.

As for portableapps.com, I like it very much and still use it now. But not all portable versions of software can be found.
Just get it solved with prayaya. installed prayaya on my USB drive and then installed MS Office 2003 suite on prayaya. that's it. I can run my office on any PC now.

 

[bkribbs]

Portableapps.com is what I use. For a MSO portable alternative, OpenOffice Portable does the job.

I would recommend that, or buy a U3 flashdrive, which works very well as well.