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Portable Opera using Windows virtual drive

Friday, 1. June 2007, 14:49:33

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Methods
  1. Using PortableOpera.exe (Recommended)
  2. Using PortableOpera.exe (DIY)
  3. Using batch file



Using PortableOpera.exe

Download (size 8.32 MB with Opera 10.01, Opera Standard Slim Skin & Adobe flash plugin 10.0 r32), unzip and run PortableOpera.exe.

Drag & drop Close button to any toolbar and use it to close Opera and remove virtual drive.

Don't run Opera.exe from physical drive.





























Using PortableOpera.exe (DIY)

  1. Download (size 203 KB) & unzip PortableOpera.exe.
  2. Run PortableOpera.exe to create virtual drive Z: and ignore the following error message.
    Could not find 'Z:\Portable Opera\opera.exe'
  3. Run Opera installer, select your preferred install type as Custom, then destination folder as Z:\Portable Opera, check Only use single profile for all users and complete installation.
    Portable Opera Install
    NOTE: If you use classic installer, you have to select installation directory as Z:\Portable Opera & uncheck Individual Opera profiles for each user on this computer.
  4. Run PortableOpera.exe again to remove virtual drive Z:

To run/close Opera, launch PortableOpera.exe.

You can move Portable Opera directory & PortableOpera.exe file together anywhere and run Opera without any problems.

You can modify virtual drive letter & Opera.exe location by editing following lines in PortableOpera.ini file before installing Opera. 

Virtual Drive Letter=Z
Opera Path=Portable Opera\opera.exe

Don't run Opera.exe from physical drive.





























Using batch file

  1. Create a folder with name Portable Opera anywhere inside another folder. Say, inside C:\Applications.
  2. Inside Portable Opera folder, create a batch file Mount.bat with the following 
    SUBST Z: "C:\Applications"
    and another batch file Unmount.bat with the following 
    SUBST Z: /D
  3. Run Mount.bat and this will assign physical path C:\Applications to virtual drive Z:
  4. See step 3 of Using PortableOpera.exe

To run Opera, run Mount.bat and then launch Opera.exe from virtual drive Z:.

To remove virtual drive, first close Opera and then run Unmount.bat.

You can place Portable Opera directory anywhere and run Opera by changing the physical path in Mount.bat.

Suppose, if you move Portable Opera directory to F:\My Documents\Programs, in Mount.bat change 

SUBST Z: "C:\Applications"
to 
SUBST Z: "F:\My Documents\Programs"

Don't run Opera.exe from physical drive.

Updates:
May 21, 2008: Using PortableOpera.exe (DIY) added.
Jun 13, 2008: Using PortableOpera.exe added.
Apr 7, 2009: Close button added.

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