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Installing remote desktop on a flash drive

Jun 10, 2010 9:00AM PDT

I have just set up Remote Desktop Connection on my Windows 7 machine.

As of right now I have the remote desktop client installer on my flash drive so that I can install the client on any Windows computer I encounter and access my home computer.

There is a problem with this though. The computers at my school don't allow me to install programs so I can't install the client.

What I want to do is install the program on my flash drive so that I can just launch it immediately. The client installer however, does not let you designate where to install the program (it automatically installs to C:\Program Files).

Does anyone either know how I could install the client on my flash drive?

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Not going to work
Jun 10, 2010 9:56AM PDT

Necessary components won't go on the flash drive and neither will registry entries. The installation would need to be done by Windows on the PC to which the flash drive was connected. Since your school PCs don't allow this, you're out of luck.

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onother idea
Jun 10, 2010 11:18AM PDT

My schools don't allow programs to be installed on the computer but I might be allowed to install programs to Documents and Settings. Would that be possible?

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No
Jun 10, 2010 2:20PM PDT

No, but there are likely some small VNC programs which don't require installation and could run from a flash drive. Just make sure you're aware of the security risk this idea poses before you actually implement it.

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Installing remote desktop on a flash drive
Jun 10, 2010 3:24PM PDT