Portable Opera using Windows virtual drive
Friday, 1. June 2007, 14:49:33
- Using PortableOpera.exe (Recommended)
- Using PortableOpera.exe (DIY)
- Using batch file
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.
Using PortableOpera.exe (DIY)
- Download (size 203 KB) & unzip PortableOpera.exe.
- Run PortableOpera.exe to create virtual drive Z: and ignore the following error message.
Could not find 'Z:\Portable Opera\opera.exe'
- 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.
- 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
- 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:
- 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"
Updates:
May 21, 2008: Using PortableOpera.exe (DIY) added.
Jun 13, 2008: Using PortableOpera.exe added.
Apr 7, 2009: Close button added.









Cyro # 1. June 2007, 19:19
Tamil # 2. June 2007, 04:30
Originally posted by Cyro:
You can use this to run Opera from anywhere (USB, network, etc.).Christian # 2. June 2007, 20:22
What's the advantage compared to Opera Portable, OperaUSB, Operator or Opera4USB besides you can do updates yourself?
Tamil # 5. June 2007, 15:38
Originally posted by ResearchWizard:
That is the only advantage.Anonymous # 26. September 2007, 15:56
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.
Tamil # 26. September 2007, 16:10
Anonymous # 5. December 2007, 14:41
Wow, great!! Now I can even use the latest build as portable :D:D
Anonymous # 17. December 2007, 21:10
Hi Tamil.
Just curious. What happens if I run Opera from physical drive?
Anonymous # 17. December 2007, 21:16
Hi Tamil
Another question. Can I use this method to install any other portable application?
Thank you
Tamil # 18. December 2007, 04:32
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.Anonymous # 8. January 2008, 14:05
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.
Tamil # 8. January 2008, 15:04
serious # 18. May 2008, 08:09
Tamil # 18. May 2008, 08:14
Originally posted by serious:
Nope.Anonymous # 19. June 2008, 08:39
Hi Tamil
I have various network installations of browsers and the latest version of Flash works in all of them except opera. What should I do?
Many thanks,
B
NYC
Tamil # 19. June 2008, 08:49
healthyboy # 12. August 2008, 15:42
Thanks for the tips.
Btw, I like your blog header
Pushkar Hemanta Joshi # 19. June 2009, 05:46
Just one thing
If you find your Opera @ Pen drive is working slow change path of opera catche to %TEMP%\opera\opcache4
from profile\operaprefs.ini
Pushkar Hemanta Joshi # 19. June 2009, 06:45
I would like to try running any soft on my pen Drive using this technique.
or share source code
i Just want to know how to grab pen drive letter or folder where this file is stored When it is not stable
Tamil # 19. June 2009, 10:25
If want source code I will give.
Pushkar Hemanta Joshi # 26. June 2009, 03:54
i Just want to know how to grab pen drive letter or folder where this file is stored When it is not stable
JPushkarH Gmail com
Tamil # 26. June 2009, 08:42
Anonymous # 26. June 2009, 22:26
Hi, I need help guys. First of all sorry my english. Please help me. I have to build a CD which includes portable opera and a web page. I set home page of portable opera as index.html which I loaded in the CD. My plan was like that When the CD is put a computer, portable opera runs by autorun and shows my web page as a home page. But portable opera cant find the page because of the changing CD drive letter. CD drive letter can be different in computers. My bookmark for home page is this "file://localhost/E:/SanalTurCD/damlakirtasiye/index.html" E is CD drive letter for my computer and CD is working. But for computers different CD drive letter the CD isnt working. What can I do?
orlp # 6. August 2009, 13:23
It's nice that I can just import my personal tuneups
Slicker than Opera@USB (editing .ini files only requires you to know the drive letter of the virtual drive - in Opera@USB you have to know the last drive letter that the USB stick had)
Great, thanks!