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Old 06-13-2011, 05:05 PM   #19
ymerejo42
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Originally Posted by itimpi View Post
As I understand it PortableApps use a bootable system that is linux based. The Calibre Portable version is specifically for use on Windows systems and is not bootable.

If I am wrong about that I am sure someone will jump in
No, PortableApps uses NSIS to create a launcher to run a program from a thumbdrive. Nothing about it is bootable, and as far as I know, it only works with Windows. Considering that I use a lot of their apps for when I'm on other people's computers, I'm fairly familiar with them.

Last edited by ymerejo42; 06-13-2011 at 05:06 PM. Reason: Added in quote to specify what I was answering.
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