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1. Dale H.
   Member
   Posts: 108

   DropboxPortable is a wrapper for the Dropbox application. Simply put, it allows you to run Dropbox from any USB drive with no installation and also sync data to your USB drive.

   DropboxPortable x64 Update: DropboxPortable should now be compatible with 64-bit Windows. Please let me know if you have any issues.

   If you find this software useful, please consider a small donation for the time spent on development and support.

   Updated 11/28/09 4:07PM CST

   0.7.45

   • Dropbox update

    

   Please be careful using the customized path feature. If you adjust the path AFTER you've installed it (ie, went through the Dropbox setup), make sure to copy your Dropbox folder to where it's configured. DropboxPortable will alert you if the folder does not exist, but WHATEVER YOU DO, do not create an empty folder. It WILL erase everything in your Dropbox!

   Download
   Windows only: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/50461/DropboxPortable/DropboxPortable%200.7.45.zip

   Upgrading
   When upgrading, please backup your "Data" and "Dropbox" folders before copying the new program files. This will ensure that no data is lost.

   Known Issues

   • Overlays and Explorer extensions (right click>Dropbox) do not work unless Dropbox is installed on the PC

    
   Please report any bugs to this forum and I will try to address them as soon as possible.

   Thanks for everyone's interest, and I hope you enjoy the portable support!

   Posted 10 months ago #

2. Pieter-Jan V.
   Member
   Posts: 5

   WOW! This is great I was looking for this for a while!

   cheers,
   PJ

   Posted 10 months ago #

3.  william s.
   Pro User
   Posts: 1

   any plans for a mac app? (please!)

   Posted 10 months ago #

4. Georg D.
   Member
   Posts: 5

   same question different os;-)
   any plans for a linux app?

   Posted 10 months ago #

5. Todd C.
   Member
   Posts: 2

   This is great! Thanks for this Dale! Make my live tons easier :)

   Posted 10 months ago #

6. Michael G.
   Member
   Posts: 1

   THANK YOU SO MUCH!! This is absolutely perfect and exactly what I have been waiting for!!

   They should hire you, or just send you paycheck for what you already did :)

   Posted 10 months ago #

7. Dale H.
   Member
   Posts: 108

   @William S. & Georg D.: No, I am a Windows only programmer at this point. However, I will talk to a few friends of mine and see what they can do.

   @Todd C.: No prob ;] Glad I could help.

   @Michael G.: You're very welcome. A paycheck would be nice, but I'm only politely asking for donations for my time spent on developing these applications: http://dale3h.com/ (donate button in the left column)

   If anyone should have any problems, please do not hesitate to ask for help. I may not get to it right away, but I will try my best.

   Posted 10 months ago #

8. Chris O.
   Member
   Posts: 2

   Incredible, Dropbox now is unbeatable for sure. This should be adapted as an official project.

   Posted 10 months ago #

9. Gigi F.
   Member
   Posts: 1

   I'm not too much into coding and compiling software, but if you need help with some linux distros feel free to e-mail me! :)
   I'm gonna test this on windows in the meanwhile!
   Greetings from Italy,
   Iraiscoming223 aka Marco
   (iraiscoming@gmail.com)

   Posted 10 months ago #

10. Stephen S.
    Member
    Posts: 1

    Hey Dale,
    Thanks for this! Fantastic!

    Posted 10 months ago #

11. Sean C.
    Member
    Posts: 2

    This makes Dropbox complete for me. Excellent work, Dale and thank you :).

    Posted 10 months ago #

12. Duane Y.
    Member
    Posts: 1

    It bugs out on my work XP machine. Could be admin rights. I can make a report dump if you'd like. I'll try it on another box when I get home.

    Posted 10 months ago #

13. Ben S.
    Member
    Posts: 2

    Sweet!

    Posted 10 months ago #

14. Emil B.
    Member
    Posts: 1

    Great thanks alot mate!

    PS Lifehacker just linked to this thread so I guess you are a popular man about now :)

    Posted 10 months ago #

15. Akram S.
    Member
    Posts: 1

    Yeah, this is awesome, also, Lifehacker is making you popular, enjoy it.

    Posted 10 months ago #

16. George N.
    Member
    Posts: 1

    Epic. Now I just need to find my flash drive. Thanks!

    Posted 10 months ago #

17. Matthew F.
    Member
    Posts: 1

    I did not install properly, and now when I click on dropboxportable.exe the window with the special instructions doesn't come up! What do I do?

    Posted 10 months ago #

18. Tom P.
    Member
    Posts: 2

    Splendid going to give this a go Thanks!

    Posted 10 months ago #

19. Sinister C.
    Member
    Posts: 1

    Awesome! This was the main item I felt that was missing from my DropBox Experience!

    Posted 10 months ago #

20.  dan n.
    Pro User
    Posts: 13

    tested on xp, seemed to work great. not so great on the vista machine i needed it for though. errors out on vista 64 bit.

    Posted 10 months ago #

21. Ohkubo K.
    Member
    Posts: 1

    I'm using WinXP Japanese edition.

    Your application looks fail to handle Japanese characters in path.

    Posted 10 months ago #

22. Blake O.
    Member
    Posts: 1

    This is brilliant. I've been using Dropbox to sync my KeePass database, which works great on my PCs but gets annoying when I have to use my thumb drive on a different computer. Now I don't have to go to the website to manually sync the file!

    Posted 10 months ago #

23. Dale H.
    Member
    Posts: 108

    Wow, I didn't expect this to get all the buzz that it's getting. You're welcome to everyone (sorry, can't name each individually)

    @Chris O.: That'd be nice...working for Dropbox ;] I'd be willing to support it as an official project for them, but the whole reason that Dropbox was created was to not have to use flash drives...

    @Duane Y.: Yes, please post a report dump if you can. This might help diagnose the problem tremendously. Let me know how it goes on your other box.

    @Emil B.: Thanks for pointing that out! I haven't been to Lifehacker in a few days, so I wouldn't have seen this myself.

    @Matthew F.: Go into the 'Data' directory and delete it's contents. If you delete the directory itself, the program will crash. I will fix this in the next release. *THIS BUG HAS BEEN ADDRESSED IN VERSION 0.6.491*

    @dan n.: I think that 64bit Windows will require the 64bit SQLite library. I will work on getting this into the mix.

    If anyone else has any problems, please post. I would like to get this to be as stable as possible for all Windows builds XP and later (I do not believe that Windows 2000 does not support .NET Framework 3.5).

    Posted 10 months ago #

24. Rocky I.
    Member
    Posts: 59

    You are the man!

    Posted 10 months ago #

25.  Magnus W.
    Pro User
    Posts: 1

    OK. I know it might seem really obvious but here we go - install this app to your thumb drive. Not on to your PC like I did first. Doh!

    Posted 10 months ago #

26.  SJ H.
    Pro User
    Posts: 2

    This is great, thanks!

    Posted 10 months ago #

27. El-tra v.
    Member
    Posts: 8

    Cute. Works like a charm!

    Posted 10 months ago #

28. Matthew G.
    Member
    Posts: 1

    Yes! I just last week was told no more use of dropbox at work. I've only used it for personal files, but the company lawyers said the EULA was a little too broad. Thanks!

    Posted 10 months ago #

29. Patrick D.
    Member
    Posts: 12

    Damn... waiting for XP 64 Bit Support.

    Crashing here right after start.

    Posted 10 months ago #

30. Patrick D.
    Member
    Posts: 12

    Debugger cries:
    "System.BadImageFormatException"

    Posted 10 months ago #

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