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Portable mode

The portable copy of GDM runs from any folder, including a USB stick, without installing anything.

How it works

MisterDownloadManager-<version>-portable.zip holds the same programs as the setup, plus a folder named data next to misterdownloadmanager.exe. When that folder is there and GDM can write to it, GDM is in portable mode:

  • The download list, settings, helpers for video and galleries (yt-dlp, ffmpeg, gallery-dl), torrent data, your theme files (data\themes) and the logs are kept in data, not in your Windows profile.
  • Passwords (Sites Logins, the proxy's, debrid accounts) stay in data too, instead of in Windows Credential Manager. They are sealed for your Windows account: on another computer, or another account, type them again (and sign in to a debrid account again).
  • Nothing is written to the registry.

Delete the data folder (or make it read-only) and the same copy behaves like the plain zip: it keeps its data in %APPDATA%\misterdownloadmanager.

Set it up

  1. Download MisterDownloadManager-<version>-portable.zip from Releases.
  2. Unzip it where you want GDM to live, for example E:\GDM on a USB stick.
  3. Run misterdownloadmanager.exe from there.

On the first start GDM asks for the language; see Languages.

What is different

  • Downloads still go to the computer's Downloads folder unless you change it. To keep them with GDM, set each category's folder in Options → Save to. Carry GDM on a USB stick shows how.
  • Launch GolinksPRO Download Manager on startup in Options → General is greyed: starting with Windows needs the registry.
  • Browser integration needs the installer. The browser finds GDM's helper through the registry, so a portable copy can't take downloads from the browser. Use Add URL, the clipboard or the drop target instead (see Adding downloads).
  • Tasks → Torrent settings → Open magnet links and .torrent files with GolinksPRO Download Manager does write to the registry, for your Windows account only. Leave it off to keep the portable copy registry-free.

Moving between computers

The list keeps each download's full folder path. If Windows gives the USB stick a different drive letter on another computer, check Options → Save to, and expect downloads saved under the old letter to be missing until the letter matches again. When GDM is about to save into a folder that doesn't exist, it asks whether to create it.

Quit GDM with Tasks → Exit before you unplug the stick, so it saves the list.

Next steps

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