GetUSB posted an article about running Wordpress from a USB stick. If you have question, problems or comment please make them here.

There’s one error and one omission in this (otherwise excellent) tutorial about running WordPress on a stick. Both are important.

1. The error: Users should not, repeat not, run the “setup-xampp.bat” file (the README file says as much). If you run this file, it will hard-code the drive letter of your USB stick into various configuration files. This is bad, because it means if the drive letter changes, your web server on a stick won’t work.
2. The omission: You should warn uses to not check the “svc” box in the XAMMP control panel. Checking this installs apache and mysql as services under XP that will run automatically. Again, this is bad, because it leaves a footprint on the host machine (which partly defeats the purpose of running the web server off of a stick).

Thanks for the tutorial.

Excellent catch! The tutorial is updated.

Run WordPress from a USB drive.