Can you install Kicad on USB flash-drive

[eric1est]

Since buying my windows 7 it has taken twice as long to boot up,
I just wondered how it would go

[eelik]

Basically yes, see

Portable KiCad (nightly build) in Windows

I just tested portable KiCad pre-5 in Windows 10, meaning that I can copy KiCad into e.g. a usb stick and run it from there, hopefully without leaving any traces into the system. I just didn’t test it with an external drive yet, nor did I do any in-depth testing. I just copied a whole existing KiCad installation from C:\Program Files to another folder. Then I made this batch script: set KIPATH=%~dp0 set KICAD_CONFIG_HOME=%KIPATH%\userfiles\conf rem Set all possible paths if you want, but KiCad…

[eric1est]

So at the moment I have “kicad-5.0.2_1-x86_64.exe” at just over 1GB

So take it I have to download “Portable KiCad”

By the way I just edited my start of the thread, I have Windows 7 (not 8)

[KsenijaG]

Yes, you can.
For me it works fine on Win7, Kicad 5.0.2 or 4.0.7.
You even can install few copies of Kicad. For example, I work with old one 4.0.7 on my PC, but install 5.0.2 on USB to check new features. Just be careful with libraries directories in this case. Its can mixed up.