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ufocek
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Portable OpenVPN client

It's possible make a portable OpenVPN client?

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I don't see how...

...since the virtual TAP device needs to be installed in Windows to be used by OpenVPN.

Quote from the OpenVPN Howto

http://openvpn.net/howto.html#windows

...Also note that OpenVPN must be installed and run by a user who has administrative privileges (this restriction is imposed by Windows, not OpenVPN). The restriction can be sidestepped by running OpenVPN in the background as a service, in which case even non-admin users will be able to access the VPN, once it is installed...

Running it as a non-admin user gets messy and the virtual TAP device still needs to be installed to be used.

http://openvpn.se/files/howto/openvpn-howto_run_openvpn_as_nonadmin.html

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