# Portable Install
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/portable-install/4385
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [January 26, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/portable-install/4385 "2007-01-26T23:00:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2007, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/portable-install/4385/1 "2007-01-26T23:00:40Z")
So I extrated all the files from the install EXE, but its still not using default directory and still CREATING its individual files inside documents and settings. Please make it read stuff from the directory its sitting in!
Or just provide simple portable alternative download
THanks!
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2007, 11:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/portable-install/4385/2 "2007-01-27T11:03:06Z")
You have to place the file **mp3tag.cfg** in the directory of Mp3tag.exe
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/portable-install/4385/3 "2007-01-27T15:23:23Z")
Some detailed description is available at [portablefreeware.com](http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1137) 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/portable-install/4385/4 "2007-01-28T16:55:45Z")
ah thank you...this could have been explained better in the readme, but now I asked thank you!!
As long as it doesn't try to write anywhere else on the harddrive besides its directory i'll be fine..
thanksagain
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2007, 5:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/portable-install/4385/5 "2007-02-18T05:54:03Z")
Every start an Mp3Tagerror.log is created in root directory with this message:
```
================================================================================
Mp3tag v2.37a - 17.02.2007 - 22:53:01
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OS-Version: Windows XP Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Build: Nov 5 2006 11:32:21
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AppPath: 14.377.848.832 Bytes frei (D:\Downloads\!Tools\)
DataPath: 14.377.848.832 Bytes frei (D:\Downloads\!Tools\data\)
TempPath: 47.111.086.080 Bytes frei (C:\DOCUME~1\ **** \LOCALS~1\Temp\Mp3tag v2.37a\)
================================================================================
```