run Entropia from any drive
I think this was discussed several years ago, but this type of information gets obsolete very quickly.
Wondering if anybody managed to set up the EU client as a portable install, e.g. something which can be run from an external HDD and moved from one PC to another. Any ideas or suggestions in this respect? Thank you.
Take care,
BBB
Presume your PC has met all the requirement.
Normal installation has two folders as follow;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Entropia Universe
C:\ProgramData\entropia universe\public_users_data
Merge those two folders to "D:\pro\eu" (can be any drive/folder)
So you want to run Entropia from "D:\pro\eu"; should have files and folders as follow;
D:\pro\eu\bin32
D:\pro\eu\bin64
D:\pro\eu\out
D:\pro\eu\program_data
D:\pro\eu\public_users_data
D:\pro\eu\redist
D:\pro\eu\Uninstall
D:\pro\eu\uninstall.exe
D:\pro\eu\version.txt
Backup registry.
Remove registry string(s) "PublicUsersDataParentFolder"
Normally they are at;
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MindArk\Entropia Universe
PublicUsersDataParentFolder (C:\ProgramData\entropia universe)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\MinArk\Entropia Universe
PublicUsersDataParentFolder (C:\ProgramData\entropia universe)
To run entropia without checking updates;
D:\pro\eu\bin32\Entropia.exe --run
or
D:\pro\eu\bin64\Entropia.exe --run
Above is working for me, if not for you, may try to change "PublicUsersDataParentFolder" instead of removing.