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Installing MS Office on an external drive?
Is it possible to install MS Office on an external drive (such as
removable hard drive connected through a USB port)? I want to do this so I can carry the software from one machine to another. According to my understanding, this should be perfectly legal with regards to the licensing agreement because all Microsoft wants is that the software be used only at one machine at a time, which is true for this scenario. Let me know if my understanding is incorrect. I do not know whether or not it is technically feasible. If the software uses files on the external and internal drives in order to run, then could there be a compatibility issue when the drive is connected to a machine different than the machine on which it was originally installed? Let me know if you have used the software in this way, and the issues, if any, that you faced. Thanks very much for looking at this post. All answers are appreciated. |
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Installing MS Office on an external drive?
No this is not technically feasible. Office writes load of settings to the
Windows registry and also needs to register all its dlls and applications in the registry. If you install it on an external drive, it will work locally (but with reduced efficiency) but will not work on another computer. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP wrote in message ... Is it possible to install MS Office on an external drive (such as removable hard drive connected through a USB port)? I want to do this so I can carry the software from one machine to another. According to my understanding, this should be perfectly legal with regards to the licensing agreement because all Microsoft wants is that the software be used only at one machine at a time, which is true for this scenario. Let me know if my understanding is incorrect. I do not know whether or not it is technically feasible. If the software uses files on the external and internal drives in order to run, then could there be a compatibility issue when the drive is connected to a machine different than the machine on which it was originally installed? Let me know if you have used the software in this way, and the issues, if any, that you faced. Thanks very much for looking at this post. All answers are appreciated. |
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... Is it possible to install MS Office on an external drive (such as removable hard drive connected through a USB port)? I want to do this so I can carry the software from one machine to another. I don't think you can AFAIK - there are many registry items add on install - also there are other folders in C:/Program Files/ other than just the main office ones - Common Files for a start. |
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