# Portable version of windows desktop client? **URL:** \ **Category:** đź’» Desktop\ **Created:** [May 4, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/portable-version-of-windows-desktop-client/12172 "2017-05-04T12:34:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mfaure](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/mfaure/32/3230_2.png) [@mfaure](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/mfaure)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/portable-version-of-windows-desktop-client/12172/1 "2017-05-04T12:34:06Z")
Hello, A friend of mine is using NextCloud, mainly for the file synchronisation. On her personal computer, she installed the windows client. On her professional one, she can’t install anything, so she uses her browser to “synchronize” manually her files. For Owncloud I found (but have not tested yet) the two following clients : - [OwnCloud Client Portable](https://github.com/naderi/owncloud-client-portable) - [Encrypted OwnCloud Portable Client](https://github.com/BennyLi/encryptedOwnCloudPortableClient) My question is simple : - Is there a portable version of the desktop windows client ? (I did not find it) - If not, is it planned ? - Can I safely advise her to use the OwnCloud portable clients ? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![dev0](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/dev0/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@dev0](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/dev0)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/portable-version-of-windows-desktop-client/12172/2 "2017-05-04T13:43:27Z")
did you try just zipping a installed nextcloud client - extract it to the target computer and run the exe file? ---
**Author:** ![mfaure](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/mfaure/32/3230_2.png) [@mfaure](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/mfaure)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/portable-version-of-windows-desktop-client/12172/3 "2017-05-04T13:51:53Z")
> [@dev0](#): > > did you try just zipping a installed nextcloud client - extract it to the target computer and run the exe file? Nope, but I will 🙂 I didn’t even think of it. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![anon87376550](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/anon87376550/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@anon87376550](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/anon87376550)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 11:49am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/portable-version-of-windows-desktop-client/12172/4 "2017-06-07T11:49:30Z")
> [@dev0](#): > > did you try just zipping a installed nextcloud client - extract it to the target computer and run the exe file? This works. The settings are stored in \Users\username\AppData\Local\Nextcloud. If you don’t want to store something on the computer, you can use the portable owncloud client on an external device. This works, too. ---
**Author:** ![serenitatis](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/serenitatis/32/5020_2.png) [@serenitatis](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/serenitatis)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/portable-version-of-windows-desktop-client/12172/5 "2017-07-27T23:14:39Z")
Try this [https://github.com/serenitatis/nextcloud-portable](https://github.com/serenitatis/nextcloud-portable) ---
**Author:** ![gas85](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/gas85/32/7772_2.png) [@gas85](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/gas85)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/portable-version-of-windows-desktop-client/12172/6 "2018-01-11T11:33:37Z")
You can also download the client and open it as archive with e.g. 7ZIP Portable and unzip it to you Program folder except files and folder beginning with a “$” dollar. ![image](https://help.nextcloud.com/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7e24b42835c369014c1cfdc372c97beba4a73ba5.png) ---
**Author:** ![CrazyMax](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/crazymax/32/10903_2.png) [@CrazyMax](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/CrazyMax)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/portable-version-of-windows-desktop-client/12172/7 "2018-09-19T14:57:08Z")
A portable app of Nextcloud Desktop Client is available here : [https://portapps.github.io/app/nextcloud-portable/](https://portapps.github.io/app/nextcloud-portable/) ---
**Author:** ![gas85](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/gas85/32/7772_2.png) [@gas85](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/gas85)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/portable-version-of-windows-desktop-client/12172/8 "2018-09-19T20:27:09Z")
Cool, but who is the publisher? It is not one of original NC developers… ---
**Author:** ![CrazyMax](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/crazymax/32/10903_2.png) [@CrazyMax](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/CrazyMax)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/portable-version-of-windows-desktop-client/12172/9 "2018-09-24T08:13:56Z")
I only developed the wrapper (nextcloud-portable.exe) and packaged the original application without modification. ---
**Author:** ![djfml](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/djfml/32/33010_2.png) [@djfml](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/djfml)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/portable-version-of-windows-desktop-client/12172/10 "2020-12-30T08:50:57Z")
it works. Thanks a lot! ---
**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/portable-version-of-windows-desktop-client/12172/11 "2024-12-14T16:24:13Z")
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**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/portable-version-of-windows-desktop-client/12172/12 "2024-12-14T16:24:14Z")