How to make Bitcoin-Qt client portable? (Windows)

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It is a nice project and all, but I think in 2013 it shouldn't be a challenge to save all of an application's files into its own folder (maybe even by default), so you can use it without installing/uninstalling.

I just don't have that much space on drive C. I use drive D for stuff. Is there a solution?

Google just brought me to this discussion which lead to all the fancy alternatives to the original client. I just want to try original Bitcoin-Qt first.

Would no one be interested in a portable Bitcoin-Qt? It would be very useful in my opinion.

Asking about how to change the default storage location has been posted many, many times. The future canonical question is probably Bitcoin-Qt setup: Change block-chain file location, settings? documentation?. Possible duplicate of Bitcoin-Qt setup: Change block-chain file location, settings? documentation?. — Peter Mortensen, Aug 01 '14 at 12:45

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 12 '13 at 09:19

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Put the bitcoin-qt.exe binary in the folder
Create a bitcoin.bat file
Open the file with notepad
Add the following line: bitcoin-qt.exe -datadir=.
From now on you can start by double-clicking the bat

answered Jan 12 '13 at 09:19

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You can also create a shortcut, modify the shortcut properties, and add -datadir=. there. – gak Aug 31 '13 at 09:49
This should work for any foobarCoin-Qt client. – Austin Burk Dec 09 '13 at 00:09

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 31 '14 at 23:24

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Make a folder called "data" in same folder as the application.

In a batch file, develop this code:

bitcoin-qt.exe -datadir=./data/

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answered Dec 14 '13 at 10:27

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How to make Bitcoin-Qt client portable? (Windows)

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