# How can make Processing run as a stand-alone, portable S/W?

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**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [January 20, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-can-make-processing-run-as-a-stand-alone-portable-s-w/40657 "2023-01-20T10:33:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-can-make-processing-run-as-a-stand-alone-portable-s-w/40657/2 "2023-01-20T12:41:59Z")

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> <https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/362#issuecomment-877689895>
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> Hi, I'm working in schools and I would to use a portable version, usable on USB …stick. Also because there are securities, and as I work in different school there are different securities. On Processing3 I didn't find all the option I could find in Processing2 preferences to make quite portable (because it still write in c:\\Users\\AppDatat\\etc
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> Thanks a lot for helping me.

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