This article describes how to runĀ Nexus Personal Desktop Client in Portable mode, that is, from a single directory without being installed.
Portable mode is currently only supported on Microsoft Windows.
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When running Personal Desktop Client in Portable mode, these features are not available: - Automatic PKCS#11 browser integration
- Minidriver operating system and browser integration
- CSP operating system and browser integration
- Plugout
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title | How to use Portable mode |
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- Place all of Personal Desktop Client's binary files (those found in the bin or bin64 directory), and the global configuration file (Personal.cfg) in the same directory, that is, not in any subdirectories.
- Use personal.exe, from that directory, to run Personal Desktop Client.
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| <directory>/
### crdchari.dll
### crdgemcl.dll
### #
### iD2ppa.dll
### lng_cze.dll
### lng_dan.dll
### #
### Personal.cfg
### personal.dll
### personal.exe
### prfstd.dll
### scrstd.dll
### tokenapi.dll |
For PKCS#11 functionality, personal.dll (or personal64.dll) can be loaded. An installation of Personal Desktop Client, of the same or a different version, may or may not reside on the same machine. |
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title | Configure Portable mode |
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When running in Portable mode, Personal Desktop Client's configuration file (Personal.cfg) shall exist in the same directory as the binary files. User configuration, soft token store and logging functions the same way as with an installed Personal Desktop Client. To turn off use of the user configuration, set the following in the configuration file: Code Block |
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[Personal]
Portable=1 |
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