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Bob Newman  
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 More options Jun 14 2012, 4:51 pm
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From: Bob Newman <newmaga...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:51:50 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Thurs, Jun 14 2012 4:51 pm
Subject: USB Programs won't run
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Is there a setting in Windows 7 that will prevent you from running a program from your USB thumb drive?  I have installed Portable Chrome and FireFox Portable as well as a few other programs that run from a USB drive.  They seem to install okay but when I click the .exe file to run the program the pointer turns to an hourglass as it should but after only about 3 or 4 seconds it goes back to being a pointer, nothing ever comes up to indicate a program is trying to run.  Could there being a setting that is set wrong?  I have tried 3 different USB drives.

Help please... Bob


 
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JJ  
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 More options Jun 15 2012, 9:03 pm
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From: JJ <jaejunks_at@_googlemail_dot._com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:03:09 +0000 (UTC)
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Subject: Re: USB Programs won't run
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Bob Newman <newmaga...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:e851af62-71ff-4376-82e6-de11f77625f3@googlegroups.com:

> Is there a setting in Windows 7 that will prevent you from running a
> program from your USB thumb drive?  I have installed Portable Chrome
> and FireFox Portable as well as a few other programs that run from a
> USB drive.  They seem to install okay but when I click the .exe file
> to run the program the pointer turns to an hourglass as it should but
> after only about 3 or 4 seconds it goes back to being a pointer,
> nothing ever comes up to indicate a program is trying to run.  Could
> there being a setting that is set wrong?  I have tried 3 different USB
> drives.

> Help please... Bob

Have you tried other programs that doesn't require installation nor is a
portable version?

 
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Mike S.  
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 More options Jun 20 2012, 3:52 pm
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From: retsu...@xinap.moc (Mike S.)
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:52:50 +0000 (UTC)
Local: Wed, Jun 20 2012 3:52 pm
Subject: Re: USB Programs won't run
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In article <e851af62-71ff-4376-82e6-de11f77625f3@googlegroups.com>,
Bob Newman  <newmaga...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Is there a setting in Windows 7 that will prevent you from running a
>program from your USB thumb drive?  I have installed Portable Chrome and
>FireFox Portable as well as a few other programs that run from a USB
>drive.  They seem to install okay but when I click the .exe file to run
>the program the pointer turns to an hourglass as it should but after
>only about 3 or 4 seconds it goes back to being a pointer, nothing ever
>comes up to indicate a program is trying to run.  Could there being a
>setting that is set wrong?  I have tried 3 different USB drives.

>Help please... Bob

Try right-click on the .exe, "run as administrator".

 
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