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From: ziroc
Subject: POV on USB Drive?
Date: 15 Jun 2005 14:15:00
Message: <web.42b06f2c3395c29486631d960@news.povray.org>
Hi all,
Maybe I have missed it but I was wondering if POV could be run from a USB
thumb drive.
The company I work for will not allow us to install programs on our
computers but they are fine with programs from USB Drives (I guess the
management thinks that is safe)

I just wanted to see if anybody else has tried that before I get myself into
a blackhole.

Thanks again for any help you can offer


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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: POV on USB Drive?
Date: 15 Jun 2005 14:39:48
Message: <42b075f4@news.povray.org>
ziroc wrote:
> Hi all,
> Maybe I have missed it but I was wondering if POV could be run from a USB
> thumb drive.
> The company I work for will not allow us to install programs on our
> computers but they are fine with programs from USB Drives (I guess the
> management thinks that is safe)
> 
> I just wanted to see if anybody else has tried that before I get myself into
> a blackhole.
> 
> Thanks again for any help you can offer
> 

If its the windows version, It does require registry settings, so the 
answer would be you could install it to thumb drive, but it will require 
entries in the registry.


-- 
~Mike

Things! Billions of them!


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From: Oleguer Vilella
Subject: Re: POV on USB Drive?
Date: 15 Jun 2005 14:40:22
Message: <42b07616@news.povray.org>
Yeah, I've a Freecom USB external HD and I used Pov-Ray from it. It works 
without problems.

Regards,
Oleguer




news:web.42b06f2c3395c29486631d960@news.povray.org...
> Hi all,
> Maybe I have missed it but I was wondering if POV could be run from a USB
> thumb drive.
> The company I work for will not allow us to install programs on our
> computers but they are fine with programs from USB Drives (I guess the
> management thinks that is safe)
>
> I just wanted to see if anybody else has tried that before I get myself 
> into
> a blackhole.
>
> Thanks again for any help you can offer
>
>
>
>


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: POV on USB Drive?
Date: 16 Jun 2005 00:48:03
Message: <42b10483@news.povray.org>
Mike Raiford <mra### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> If its the windows version, It does require registry settings, so the 
> answer would be you could install it to thumb drive, but it will require 
> entries in the registry.

  I thought winpov3.6.1 was fixed so that it could be run without an
actual installation process. Never tried, though.

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: POV on USB Drive?
Date: 16 Jun 2005 08:32:17
Message: <42b17151@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:

>   I thought winpov3.6.1 was fixed so that it could be run without an
> actual installation process. Never tried, though.

Hmm. I wasn't aware. I thought POV still had a need for registry settings.

-- 
~Mike

Things! Billions of them!


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From: Alain
Subject: Re: POV on USB Drive?
Date: 16 Jun 2005 20:00:18
Message: <42b21292$1@news.povray.org>
Mike Raiford nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2005-06-16 08:26:
> Warp wrote:
> 
>>   I thought winpov3.6.1 was fixed so that it could be run without an
>> actual installation process. Never tried, though.
> 
> 
> Hmm. I wasn't aware. I thought POV still had a need for registry settings.
> 
If it don't find them, it will create them based on the actual path from whitch it's
been run. In 
that case, every settings will revert to the default ones. (acording to my personal
experience)

Alain


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