# Folders created during installation

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**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [June 28, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/folders-created-during-installation/12360 "2019-06-28T14:23:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/folders-created-during-installation/12360/8 "2023-01-24T23:50:12Z")

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Update to my last adventure…

I made a portable Processing 3.3.7 as referenced here:

> [@Folders created during installation](https://discourse.processing.org/t/folders-created-during-installation/12360/5):
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> For complete portability I started here: The Processing 3.3.7 that I compiled worked! This is not for the faint of heart! This is for the adventurous! I have not done this in years so you are on your own if you chose to take this path. slight_smile

This evening I made a portable version with Processing 4.1.2 as follows:

- See the _PuddingHill_ post here:  
[https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/12177/make-processing-really-portable/](https://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/12177/make-processing-really-portable/)

- Source code available here with instructions for _Building the Code_:  
[GitHub - benfry/processing4: Processing 4.x releases for Java 17](https://github.com/processing/processing4)

I put this on a portable drive and it worked on two different PCs.

The _Examples_ were not on the portable version and I copied them from a Processing 4.1.2 install on PC to the portable drive.

The above created a portable version of Processing 4.1.2 version for me.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/3X/8/3/83c91c94ea67563397b13ff6b4324601326bffe4.png)

Give it a try!

A much simpler option is here at the end of the GitHub issue:

> [@How can make Processing run as a stand-alone, portable S/W?](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-can-make-processing-run-as-a-stand-alone-portable-s-w/40657/2):
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`:)`

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