{"id":2618,"date":"2012-02-15T22:33:25","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T06:33:25","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-09T08:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T15:04:14","slug":"2618","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/2618","title":{"rendered":"Can I run your software without installing it or install it to a USB drive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many people want use our software without having to install it on the computer they are sitting at. This can be because IT policies don&#8217;t allow them to install software or can be a way to save time. If you are using a computer or Chromebook running an up-to-date Chrome browser, you can. Our suite of Analysis apps have Progress Web App versions that don&#8217;t require installation.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Progressive Web Apps (PWA)<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To access the PWA version of an app, open a new tab in your Chrome browser and enter the URL noted below. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Graphical Analysis<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/graphicalanalysis.app\"><a href=\"https:\/\/graphicalanalysis.app\">https:\/\/graphicalanalysis.app<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Spectral Analysis<\/strong> \u2014<a href=\" https:\/\/spectralanalysis.app\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/spectralanalysis.app\">https:\/\/spectralanalysis.app<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Instrumental Analysis<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/instrumentalanalysis.app\"><a href=\"https:\/\/instrumentalanalysis.app\">https:\/\/instrumentalanalysis.app<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Vernier Video Analysis<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/videoanalysis.app\"><a href=\"https:\/\/videoanalysis.app\">https:\/\/videoanalysis.app<\/a><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/video-analysis\/\">Vernier Video Analysis<\/a> is a for-purchase app and requires a valid license key to use the app.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related Links:<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"\/til\/15835\/\">How do I connect Bluetooth sensors to the Progressive Web App version of Graphical Analysis (and other Vernier apps)?<\/a><br \/><a href=\"\/til\/15928\/\">How do I connect USB sensors to the Progressive Web App version of Graphical Analysis (and other Vernier apps)?<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installing to a USB Flash Drive<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Generally, this option is not supported. Our data collection software, including the installed versions of the PWA apps noted above, Logger <i>Pro<\/i>, and Logger Lite, require drivers to communicate with the hardware. Without those drivers installed, the programs can crash or give error messages.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people want use our software without having to install it on the computer they are sitting at. This can be because IT policies don&#8217;t&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2166,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[661,112,194,97,4358,68],"class_list":["post-2618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-drivers","tag-ga","tag-graphical-analysis","tag-install","tag-portable","tag-windows"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}