Running programs from a USB

Ok, so I bought a software, and I am burning to install it in my laptop. However, soon I'll change laptop (come Santa! Come!).

Can I install and run the program from a USB? In that way, I can carry the USB and run/use the program in any computer I use at any given moment.

Thanks

Come on, people, help a fellow RHP user.

Thread 102020

Originally posted by Seitse
Can I install and run the program from a USB? In that way, I can carry the USB and run/use the program in any computer I use at any given moment.

Originally posted by Seitse
Ok, so I bought a software, and I am burning to install it in my laptop. However, soon I'll change laptop (come Santa! Come!).

Can I install and run the program from a USB? In that way, I can carry the USB and run/use the program in any computer I use at any given moment.

Thanks

Originally posted by Russ
Buy one of these sticks :

http://www.u3.com/

And you can do just this.

U3 really is excellent. All the essential apps you are likely to need, in your pocket, and with your data/files encrypted too.

-Russ

Originally posted by Seitse
Oh Russ, thanks!

But what if the boxed software I bought has no "portable version" as Palynka says?

Does it mean I cannot install it and run it from the U3?

Originally posted by Palynka
Portable versions and u3 versions are not the same. You might find one, but not the other.

Originally posted by Seitse
Ok, this is where I look embarrassingly ignorant... what is the difference?

I mean, the software is this

http://www.finaldraft.com/products/final-draft/

I searched the FAQs and they say nothing about portable or U3 stuff.

Originally posted by Palynka
Maybe you can try this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware_ThinApp

I never used it though, so don't blame me if your computer blows up.

Originally posted by Palynka
Here's a nice link explaining how to do it: http://tinyurl.com/r1kr0l

Ok, so cool, from this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U3

I read nothing that can prevent me from installing and running from a U3 any software available in the market.

Is this correct?

Originally posted by Seitse
Ok, so cool, from this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U3

I read nothing that can prevent me from installing and running from a U3 [b]any software available in the market.

Is this correct?[/b]

Originally posted by Palynka
No, only available U3 versions of programs.

Originally posted by Seitse
So, basically, I have no other option but to install the software I bought in my damn laptop.

Crap...