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horrormaster34
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Are Command Line programs portable?

This is probably a really dumb question, but are all command line programs portable? I'm just talking about the command line versions of programs like 7-Zip, MPlayer, Mencoder, FLAC, LAME, etc.

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Not necessarily. The

Not necessarily. The Sysinternals programs, for example, are not. They create registry entries on first run to mark the reading of the EULA.

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Wouldn't running it from

Wouldn't running it from dosbox portable though make it portable?

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If DOSBox can run it. Can

If DOSBox can run it. Can DOSBox process 32-bit executables?

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Nope- I finally got around

Nope- I finally got around to trying it.

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