Using Windows Live Writer On A USB Key
December 17, 2007
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I found out about this app on TechLifeBlogged, and admittedly it did come with a couple of caveats to be aware of. Such as:
1. When you move your device from a different computer you might not see your drafts and latest posts in the right hand pane. Just go to File -> Open and you will be able to select these files.
2. Between machines the style of your weblog doesn’t always stick. If you want to get it again by clicking Weblog -> Edititing and the click the Update Style button.
3. Sometimes between machines you are prompted for the weblog password again.
4. On Vista you will get the ‘Allow’ prompt if you have User Account Control (UAC) turned on (default condition in Vista). This is unavoidable at the moment. The launcher does some manipulation that Vista only lets administrators do.
At this point, I’d like to add one more little warning. If you have WLW installed on your PC, and test it from the USB key on the same PC, it will ERASE all knowledge of your blogs from the version installed on your PC. This is not cool, to say the least. If all you have is one blog, that may not be that big of a deal, but I had four or five blogs configured in my local copy.
Needless to say, I wasn’t overly impressed. I dropped a comment on the TechLifeBlogged site, and will pass on any feedback that I get from them.
Don’t get me wrong, though, I’m going to keep using it on my USB key, just not on a PC that currently has WLW installed.
I don’t want to go through that again.
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December 17th, 2007 at 10:33 am
Rod, thanks for your comments and review of WLW portable. Sorry you had to go through that hassle. I guess I figured once people went portable with WLW they wouldn’t need the original install any more as that is how I do it.
Scott
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December 17th, 2007 at 10:38 am
Not a problem at all, Scott. Normally I wouldn’t worry about it, either. Once I got it installed on the key, I just wanted to test it and my home machine happened to be the one I had on hand. I was able to get everything reconfigured though, so it turned out all right in the end.
BTW, I’m VERY impressed with the way you got it working on a key. Thanks very much.
December 17th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Thanks. Another thing you may be interested in is the Blogger Ego Feed I created. More details here: http://www.techlifeweb.com/2007/05/22/how-to-create-an-ego-feed/
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