You will probably have to redo the preferences since you are on a different drive. I am not sure they will even be kept since I think they are stored in the registry. The folder names will also have to fixed unless you entered them as relative somehow. I am sure others will confirm that. Also, you may need to copy the data files separately, unless you keep them in the PAF folder. Bill > Hi, > > I would like to be able to use PAF on my laptop when I go away. > I can transfer the data OK, but how do I copy the actual program so that > all my preferences are the same on my PC and my laptop? > > I've had a look through the archives and found some correspondence last > December about using PAF on a Flash Drive. This was from Bill Buchanan: > > > > To put an installed copy of PAF on a flash drive: > > > 1. open MyComputer (This is usually done from the Windows Start menu > > or a > > desktop icon), > > > 2. open the My Programs folder > > > 3. open the FamilySearch folder > > > 4. copy the PAF5 folder (don't open it and don't move it) to the flash > > drive. > > > (If it is a U3 flash drive, copy the PAF5 folder to the highest > > drive letter > > on the flash drive.) > > > The process takes maybe 5 minutes. > > I'm not sure whether I did this right because it only took a few > seconds, but it has got 46 files in it, so I think I'm OK so far. > > > To run PAF from the flash drive, open the PAF5 folder on the flash > > drive and > > open the file pstart.exe or paf5.exe (Both seem to work. I am not sure > > what > > the difference is, but the shortcut installed by PAF points to > > pstart.exe.) > > You can, of course create a shortcut on the flash drive to either of these > > files. > > I did this and my PAF file opened, but without any of my preferences. > > Can anyone help me sort this out? > > Thank you, > > Rosemary >