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Jukken
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Where can I find a standalone version of qbittorrent?
I mean the program without install that pulls all kind of trash on my c-drive
The installer puts shit in users\<user>\Appdata\Local\qBittorrent which makes me want to puke.
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Peter
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Re: standalone

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You are looking for "portable". There is no official version.
Here is one that works like that: https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/ ... t_portable

which makes me want to puke.
It is standard Windows, Linux and Mac OS behavior.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotne ... mework-4.8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesyste ... y_Standard
https://developer.apple.com/library/arc ... 2-CH2-SW14
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Re: standalone

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Exactly. That's why I use Revo Uninstaller when I want to uninstall a program: it'll hunt for leftovers and offer to delete them for me.

Portable apps pose other challenges, like registering them as default (on Windows 10/11 anyway), so I'd rather go the full install route.
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