Use the Windows portable/USB version when you want to run dotScribe without the standard installer and your organization permits portable applications.

Run the portable version

1. Go to dotScribe Downloads.
2. Select WINDOWS USB.
3. Download the portable package and extract the complete folder before running it.
4. Keep all files together. You can leave the extracted folder on the computer or copy the complete folder to a USB drive.
5. Open the extracted dotScribe folder and run the dotScribe application.
6. Sign in and allow the initial sync to finish before searching or inserting content.

If the portable version will not start

• Confirm that you extracted the complete package instead of running files from inside the downloaded archive.
• Keep the complete extracted dotScribe folder together; do not move only the application file by itself.
• If your workplace blocks the application, do not disable or bypass organizational security controls. Use the Online Library for browser-based find, preview, and copy workflows when available, or contact your IT team if appropriate.

If it signs you out, becomes unresponsive, or stops working after it was running

1. Exit dotScribe completely.
2. Reopen it from the complete extracted portable folder.
3. Sign in again if prompted.
4. Let Sync Phrases finish before testing Suggestions or insertion.

If the same problem keeps returning, contact dotScribe Support with your Windows version, dotScribe version if known, whether you run directly from USB or from an extracted folder on the computer, the security software if known, and what happens immediately before the failure.

When you are finished

Exit dotScribe before moving or ejecting a USB drive. If you move the portable copy to another computer, keep the complete extracted folder together.

If dotScribe opens but insertion does not work, see Fix paste or insertion problems.