Beyond Compare Portable Exclusive Info

The Portable Exclusive license is – it’s a separate purchase (approx. $60 USD, single user, perpetual). You also cannot convert an existing standard license into a portable one. Scooter Software is strict about this: portable licenses are tied to the physical or virtual drive’s serial number.

Standard installations write to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Scooter Software . An exclusive portable version uses a .dat file or an XML configuration stored in the same directory as the executable. It redirects all registry calls to local files. beyond compare portable exclusive