I think it would be a nice idea to create a portable version of official icq client for usb sticks. Is it possible to do this?
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Not open source.
https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/gaim_portable
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Mikkys, you could run ICQ version 98 or earlier from a USB stick.
At the university, we ran it from a floppy disk, worked fine.
There are quite a few apps that will definitely run from removable media: floppy, cd, portable hard drive, usb flash drive.
That does not make them "portable".
NOT portable means:
-Program requires other programs to function or special access. OR
-Program leaves settings in the registry. OR
-Settings cannot be taken with you.
BTW-Most(all?) programs that are run on any Windows computer leave traces in the MUIcache or the Windows Prefetch area.
In order to get programs to work from a single folder or removable media most must be modified so that their settings stay within that folder or at least the single drive. This is where the license and source are important. In order for the program to be modified and made portable it must permit modifications and redistribution. And the source must be availible so that programs and developers can properly modify it.
PLUS - There are many portable open-source alternatives to ICQ. Gaim, Miranda..
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(DQM) that all apps leave traces in the Prefetch directory, since Windows generates the .pf files.
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