use of java on computer without install

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Is it possible to run an application from a removable flash drive that has a copy of the jre.  I am running an application on computers that have had the install run from flash disks but can not run on machines where the installation hasn't been done.

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Is it possible to run an application from a removable flash drive that has a copy of the jre. 

Yes.

  I am running an application on computers that have had the install run from flash disks but can not run on machines where the installation hasn't been done.

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gimbal2

Yep, I had to do the same hackery when I was in school. Just install the JDK on another machine and then copy it to your flashdrive. You'll probably have to do some manual setup to comfortably use it though, such as manually adding the bin directory to the system's PATH so you can easily run java and javac. Something like

set PATH=%PATH%;f:\java\bin

or whatever the path to Java on your flashdrive is.

Of course when you don't do a proper install you cannot run jar's by double clicking on them, you have no browser plugins and thus can't run applets or webstart things through a browser.