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Praise that portable viewer version is truly portable
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hello, just want to praise RU portable viewer.
it is truly portable, simply copy the folder to a new machine and it just works.
what happened, was my laptop, got a new machine.
i simply recovered the folder from a backup, copied the folder a the new laptop.
it just worked, no install, no issues with user profiles, appdata folder, roaming folder, localdata folder.
that is not the case with some other remote access software that i also use.
that was a nightmare!
it is truly portable, simply copy the folder to a new machine and it just works.
what happened, was my laptop, got a new machine.
i simply recovered the folder from a backup, copied the folder a the new laptop.
it just worked, no install, no issues with user profiles, appdata folder, roaming folder, localdata folder.
that is not the case with some other remote access software that i also use.
that was a nightmare!
Conrad Sallian,
Support (Posts: 3311)
Nov 05, 2026 5:04:47 am EST
Thank you, it's great to hear that! Keeping everything in one folder is exactly what the portable Viewer is for: the configuration and the address books travel with it, so moving to a new machine or restoring from a backup is just a copy.
One thing this means for your toolbar topic: since the folder carries the configuration along, a Viewer copied from your backup starts on this laptop with all its old settings. So for the test we suggested there, please use a fresh portable Viewer, downloaded and unpacked into a new, empty folder, not a copy of your existing one. If the fresh one works with a Stretch connection and your copied one doesn't, the cause is in the copied settings.
Thanks for taking the time to write.
One thing this means for your toolbar topic: since the folder carries the configuration along, a Viewer copied from your backup starts on this laptop with all its old settings. So for the test we suggested there, please use a fresh portable Viewer, downloaded and unpacked into a new, empty folder, not a copy of your existing one. If the fresh one works with a Stretch connection and your copied one doesn't, the cause is in the copied settings.
Thanks for taking the time to write.
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