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Re: Portable Genealogy Software?

cdansby  (View posts) Posted: 25 Jan 2012 1:46PM GMT
Classification: Query
This thread is old, but maybe some people will find this helpful.

I am using an older, smaller version of FTW (version 5) on my flash drive. I installed it using Portable App Creator (v 0.99 beta).

To make it work requires a few extra steps:
FTW refuses to install to a portable drive, so I created a directory C:\Portable Apps\FTW and installed it there.

When the Portable Apps Creator screen up asking for the location of the exe file came up, I moved the FTW folder into the Portable Apps folder on the flash drive, created an Apps sub-folder in the FTW folder and moved all of the FTW files into that sub-folder.

I then pointed Portable Apps Creator to the exe in the Portable Apps.FTW/Apps folder on the flash drive. Everything else went smoothly.

FTW loads slowly, but is fast enough after it loads.

Hope this helps someone.

Cynthia
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raymann112 16 Dec 2010 2:56PM GMT 
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cdansby 25 Jan 2012 1:46PM GMT 
   

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