Portable Installation on USB-drive

You can copy MagicPlot executable file on your portable USB-drive and launch it directly from it on various computers without installation. To do this you have to copy MagicPlot preferences file to the folder on USB-drive which contains MagicPlot executable file. Here are step-by-step instructions:

Create new folder on USB-drive for MagicPlot.

Move MagicPlot executable file to this folder.

Run MagicPlot.

Exit from MagicPlot. It will automatically store preferences file magicplot.ini in MagicPlot folder in your operating system profile (see below).

Move magicplot.ini from MagicPlot folder in your operating system profile to the folder on USB-drive which contains MagicPlot executable.

Where does MagicPlot save preferences in my operating system profile?

Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<Your account>\Application Data\MagicPlot\

Windows Vista, 7: C:\Users\<Your account>\Application Data\MagicPlot\

Mac OS X: <home>/Library/Application Support/MagicPlot

*nix systems: <home>/.magicplot