run any app 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?

 

[Tharian]

Though you've already mentioned it, I've used Portable Apps to run my applications. I found that at my last job, using OpenOffice off the USB drive was a great way to connect to the MS SQL server and run some quick reports when the company didn't want to pony up any more licenses for Crystal Reports.

There are other programs out there other than the applications available through the Portable Apps suite, but you'll have to look for individual programs to find that sort of functionality.

I haven't heard of anyone getting the MS Office suite running portably, but I believe there's some version in the works meant to work on portable devices more easily. It doesn't sound like what you are seeking based on your short set of questions, though.

 

[wonkotheinsane]

Thanks. Just stumbled upon Prayaya. I installed prayaya on my USB drive and then

installed MS Office 2003 suite on prayaya. It seems working very well on other computers.