Portable mode

LibreAutomate can run as a portable application. In portable mode its data (scripts, settings, caches, temporary files, etc) is inside subfolder data of its program folder. The presence of data folder tells LibreAutomate to use portable mode.

Setup

In non-portable LibreAutomate use menu Tools > Portable. The tool installs portable LibreAutomate, for example in a USB drive.

The tool copies LibreAutomate program files, .NET runtime, current workspace (scripts etc), settings, script data and the user documents folder of LibreAutomate.

Run

Run Au.Editor.exe (it may be displayed as LibreAutomate C#).

The portable program can run on any Windows 7/8/10/11 64-bit computer. Don't need to install .NET runtime.

The portable program does not have the "always run as administrator" feature, but you can right-click and select Run as administrator. See UAC.

The portable program does not write files outside of its folder. And does not write to the Registry.

LibreAutomate uses these special folders: folders.ThisAppDocuments, folders.ThisAppDataLocal, folders.ThisAppTemp. In portable mode these folders are in subfolder data of the portable program folder.

Scripts can write anywhere, but should use only the above special folders. Other useful functions: ScriptEditor.IsPortable, folders.ThisAppDriveBS.

If you want to store data in an external folder, replace the data subfolder with a symbolic link. NTFS filesystem supports it; exFAT doesn't. Example: filesystem.more.createSymbolicLink(@"D:\PortableApps\LibreAutomate\data", @"..\..\Documents\LibreAutomate", CSLink.Directory);.

If non-portable LibreAutomate is installed on that computer:

• Portable and non-portable programs cannot run simultaneously.
• Portable and non-portable programs don't share data and settings.

PortableApps.com

If you use the PortableApps.com platform, install portable LibreAutomate in its folder, for example D:\PortableApps\LibreAutomate. Then LibreAutomate C# will be in its menu (the first time may need to click Apps > Refresh). By default it is in category Other. You can right click it and move to an existing or new category. You can right click it and click Run as administrator or check Start automatically. The menu contains all exe files found in the LibreAutomate folder, but other files are not useful in the menu, and you can hide them.