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How to run MultiDoge from a USB drive
Windows
Installing MultiDoge to run on a USB drive for Windows.
- Insert your USB drive into your PC.
- Run the MultiDoge Windows installer. On the screen with the question "Select the installation path:" click on the
"Browse" button and select a directory on your USB drive.
- Run the rest of the installation as normal.
- Once the installation is done, in Explorer navigate to your USB drive's MultiDoge installation directory. It is the
directory with the "multidoge.exe" file.
- Create a new text file called (exactly) "multidoge.properties". Leave the file empty.
This is the MultiDoge configuration file. Having a copy in the installation directory (rather than the user's
application data) tells MultiDoge to run locally.
- To run MultiDoge locally, double click on the multidoge.exe file.
You will have a single default wallet created, called multidoge.wallet. You can create new ones using the 'Create
Wallet' button and doing a save into your USB drive. You will be using a locally stored blockchain (called
multidoge.spvchain).
Linux
Installing MultiDoge to run on a USB drive for Linux.
- Insert your USB drive into your Linux machine.
- Run the MultiDoge Linux installer. On the screen with the question "Select the installation path:" click on the
"Browse" button and select a directory on your USB drive.
- Run the rest of the installation as normal.
- Once the installation is done, navigate to your USB drive's MultiDoge installation directory. It is the directory
with the "multidoge-exe.jar" file.
- Create a new text file called (exactly) "multidoge.properties". Leave the file empty.
This is the MultiDoge configuration file. Having a copy in the installation directory (rather than the user's
application data) tells MultiDoge to run locally.
- To run MultiDoge locally, double click on the multidoge-exe.jar. If this does not start up the jar file, open a
command line to your installation directory and run "java -jar multidoge-exe.jar".
Mac
On a Mac, copy the entire MultiDoge application onto your USB drive. The name of the application file will be
MultiDoge.app. Then go to where your wallets are stored and copy the files multidoge.properties and
multidoge.spvchain onto your USB drive into the same directory. You can then double click the MultiDoge.app
on your USB drive to run MultiDoge
Notes and Limitations
- The path of the wallets in the configuration file contains the USB drive letter which may change according to how
many other drives you have plugged in. In this case the wallets other than multidoge.wallet will not be found when
MultiDoge opens. You can just use the "Open Wallet" button to load them.
- With the instructions above, it assumes you have Java installed on the machine you plug into. You can also have a
"Java Runtime Environment" stored on the USB too so that it is guaranteed to run. (More details to follow).
- The installer will add some shortcuts for running MultiDoge pointing to the USB drive. These will not work if the
USB drive is removed.
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