# Not really portable

**URL:** https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/not-really-portable/378
**Category:** Feature requests
**Created:** [August 23, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/not-really-portable/378 "2024-08-23T13:33:05Z")
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### Author: ![AP2024](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5e925/32.png) [@AP2024](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/u/AP2024)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/not-really-portable/378/1 "2024-08-23T13:33:05Z")

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I think the program is not really portable: it seems to store data in AppData and also in regedit.  
I need to store tags of files stored on an external disk, and consequently be able to launch the application from any computer to which I connect it.

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### Author: ![ilian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/tagspaces.discourse.group/ilian/32/6_2.png) [@ilian](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/u/ilian)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2024, 9:07am UTC](https://tagspaces.discourse.group/t/not-really-portable/378/2 "2024-08-26T09:07:17Z")

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TagSpaces has a portable mode, which is described here: [Installing TagSpaces | TagSpaces Docs](https://docs.tagspaces.org/installation#running-in-portable-mode)