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Installing games on portable drives?
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freaksavior
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no. even though some of the files will be there, it won't run because it has to be in the registry and other things like that....idk completely why, i just know it wont.
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you'd have to make new registry entries on your friends computer to play the game.. you can probably make some .reg files which will automatically add the neccessary entries.
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i think only some games can work but i dont think any new games would old sort that dont use the registry
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Some games don't require registry settings and the likes. Others rely on it. It really depends on the game in question.
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I don't really know about the newest games but I know a bunch of older games can be put on a jump drive and work on another pc. My friends and I used to put age of empires 2, counter strike 1.6, and halo on jump drives/ipods and play eachother over the school network. Lets just say we don't do it any more since we got introuble from the district IT department a few times, but it was fun while it lasted.