Carry MDM on a USB stick

The portable copy runs straight from a USB stick and keeps its list and settings there. With a few settings, it saves your downloads to the stick too.

1. Put MDM on the stick

1. Download MisterDownloadManager-<version>-portable.zip from Releases.
2. Unzip it onto the stick, for example to E:\MDM.
3. Check that there is a data folder next to misterdownloadmanager.exe. That folder is what makes MDM portable. Don't delete it.
4. Run misterdownloadmanager.exe and pick your language.

2. Save downloads to the stick

By default, downloads go to the Downloads folder of the computer you're using. To keep them on the stick:

1. Open Downloads → Options and the Save to tab.
2. Under Category, choose General.
3. In Default download directory for "General" category, click Browse and choose a folder on the stick, for example E:\Downloads.
4. Choose the next category (Compressed, Documents, Music, Programs, Video, Torrents) and do the same, for example E:\Downloads\Video.
5. Click OK.

3. Use it

• Add downloads with Add URL, the clipboard (Options → General → Offer to download links copied to the clipboard) or the drop target (Tasks → Show drop target).
• The browser extension can't send downloads to a portable copy, because that needs the installer.
• Before you unplug the stick, quit MDM with Tasks → Exit so it saves everything. Closing the window only hides it in the tray.

On another computer

Windows may give the stick another drive letter, such as F: instead of E:. The folders you set, and the downloads already in the list, still point at the old letter. Check Options → Save to and change the folders if needed. When MDM is about to save into a folder that doesn't exist, it asks whether to create it.

Next steps

• Portable mode in detail →
• All the ways to add a download →
• Back to the docs index →