Install on pendrive
I would like to install musescore on a pen drive but the installation does not let me do so. Is there anyway round thus limitation. I recall that previous versions could be installed on a pen drive.
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See #281616: MuseScore 3 is not available as a PortableApp on Windows
You could install ubuntu studio on a pen drive, boot from it and you have a self-contained OS + MuseScore + other audiovisual applications.
In reply to You could install ubuntu… by underquark
or use the portable 3.2.3 from https://musescore.com/user/34134/scores/5876011
Another possibility is to download a nightly build, which is a ZIP file, then extract it to the pen drive. You should be able to run the "nightly.bat" file from there without further installation.
In reply to Another possibility is to… by Marc Sabatella
That won't be a true PortableApp though, in that it leaves traces on the computer where it gets used
In reply to That won't be a true… by Jojo-Schmitz
True enough. The importance of that depends on one's reason for wanting this I guess. For me I do this sort of thing just as a convenience to access a particular version of MuseScore (like a nightly build!) on some computer where it isn't normally installed, and I don't really care if it creates a Score folder and stores preferences there or not.