Talk:Tutorials/Playing and saving Minecraft on a thumb drive

Why not...
Why not just use Minecraft's built-in support for changing which directory the content is saved to? LB 19:19, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Because that is not actually support for changing the directory, but telling you what directory it is. It is weird. Pokechu22 21:20, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I was successfully able to do this with the Windows native launcher. Start it as .  - Andrio Celos (talk) 04:21, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Mods?
Could this also be used for modding, and having a batch script that choses which version of minecraft? Pokechu22 21:20, 24 July 2012 (UTC)


 * This could potentially be used for modding, but there wouldn't really be a difference, aside from having it more portable. I'm not sure what you mean, a batch script that chooses which version of Minecraft to use... 99.21.48.81 03:33, 5 April 2014 (UTC)


 * The official launcher can already do that. - Andrio Celos (talk) 04:21, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Minecraft
If you have Minecraft on a flash drive are you able to play online with your minecraft account?
 * Yes it all works the same, as long as your version is current to the server. -cdash

Using "Drive" as the launcher folder
There was an edit by an anonymous user claiming that the name "Launcher" doesn't work with a portable Minecraft installation for Windows. "22:15, 6 April 2015‎ 24.119.102.138 (Talk)‎ . . (12,607 bytes) (-24)‎ . . (Launcher doesn't work for folders, so it needs to be replaced with drive.)" Through testing, I have found that you can use any name with folders, and it will still work, as long as the names are consistent. I originally used the Launcher name for semantics (and, again, using the name "Launcher" does work). If anyone can explain why it must be "drive", that'd be helpful. LunarShard (talk) 21:22, 4 May 2015 (UTC)


 * I assume that user was referencing the first version of the standalone executable version of th minecraft launcher, which generates a folder named "launcher" where it is generated. Since the game is now installed to "Program Files", it is not exactly required anymore, but I guess some people may still use that version however unlikely. – KnightMiner  t/c 23:12, 4 May 2015 (UTC)