Portable Opera using Windows virtual drive
Friday, 1. June 2007, 14:49:33
- Create a folder with name Portable Opera anywhere inside another folder. Say, inside C:\Applications
- 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 followingSUBST Z: /D
- Run Mount.bat and this will assign physical path C:\Applications to virtual drive Z:
- 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.
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.
To run Opera, launch Opera.exe from virtual drive Z:.
Run Mount.bat to create virtual drive Z: & Unmount.bat to remove it.
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", run Mount.bat and then lauch Opera.exe from virtual drive.
Warning: Don't run Opera from physical drive.
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By Cyro, # 1. June 2007, 19:19:59
Originally posted by Cyro:
You can use this to run Opera from anywhere (USB, network, etc.).By Tamil, # 2. June 2007, 04:30:39
What's the advantage compared to Opera Portable, OperaUSB, Operator or Opera4USB besides you can do updates yourself?
By ResearchWizard, # 2. June 2007, 20:22:06
Originally posted by ResearchWizard:
That is the only advantage.By Tamil, # 5. June 2007, 15:38:56
ninh anh tuan
By anonymous user, # 8. August 2007, 02:19:55
Hi Tamil,
Do you know, how to make a virtual CD-ROM drive visible inside My Documents folder? It can be done with a physical drive using Win Drive Management Snap In, but virtual drives are not visible there. It's required to see the drive content (say, to run Opera from a CD image)in a public place, where access to new drive letters is blocked, and only My Documents folder is visible in Save As or Open dialog boxes.
By anonymous user, # 26. September 2007, 15:56:04
By Tamil, # 26. September 2007, 16:10:27
Wow, great!! Now I can even use the latest build as portable
By anonymous user, # 5. December 2007, 14:41:01
Hi Tamil.
Just curious. What happens if I run Opera from physical drive?
By anonymous user, # 17. December 2007, 21:10:03
Hi Tamil
Another question. Can I use this method to install any other portable application?
Thank you
By anonymous user, # 17. December 2007, 21:16:05
Originally posted by Emerson:
Opera won't run with your custom settings & will mess opera6.ini file.Originally posted by Emerson:
You can use it for both portable & non-portable appliacations.By Tamil, # 18. December 2007, 04:32:44
How can I force Opera to install the profile directory under the main program directory. I have one installation like that, but don't really know how it turned out that way.
By anonymous user, # 8. January 2008, 14:05:52
By Tamil, # 8. January 2008, 15:04:35