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How to run MultiDoge from a USB drive

Windows

Installing MultiDoge to run on a USB drive for Windows.

  1. Insert your USB drive into your PC.
  2. 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.
  3. Run the rest of the installation as normal.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.

  1. Insert your USB drive into your Linux machine.
  2. 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.
  3. Run the rest of the installation as normal.
  4. Once the installation is done, navigate to your USB drive's MultiDoge installation directory. It is the directory with the "multidoge-exe.jar" file.
  5. 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.
  6. 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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).
  3. 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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