The [ Directory ] of RhinoLicense dialog window

Scenario:

  • C-Drive:

Main OS (now operational)

  • E-Drive:

A system image (an exact replica of C-Drive) containing Rhino software and plug-ins.


Goal:

Open two (or more) Cloud-license dialog windows to complete the following objectives — Open two Rhino apps on the same computer, such as

  • Rhino 7 on C-Drive
  • Rhino 6 on E-Drive (Image), but using separate or the same Cloud accounts.

The idea is to run different versions of Rhinos on a single PC and access each version separately from D, E, and F disks.

Need to access the following RhinoLicense dialog window application.

What is the problem specifically? You moved rhino to another drive? The problem isn’t licensing it’s that Windows probably won’t accept that without reinstalling Rhino to another location.

Simply make a system image and mount it. The idea is to run different versions of Rhinos on a single PC and access each version separately from D, E, and F disks.

I tried running Rhino from E-Drive, and it worked.

Okay?

There is no need to do anything to run multiple versions of Rhino other than to install them and run them. I have like 4 or 5…

Not just Rhino apps, carry an OS with every app installed on a thumb drive to wherever.

For example:

One day, while on a road trip to Olympic National Park, I pass by McNeel Office and plug in thumb drives to numerous PCs to demonstrate something. :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

@dale
Any idea?

What is your question? You can install Rhino wherever you want.

I thought you were the IT guy not in McNeel but…

This makes no sense. All you’re doing is installing Rhino on different drives that happen to also contain Windows, it’s not actually being “run” from those Windows images. There is no reason to do that. It sounds like maybe you’re trying to make a no-install “portable” version of Rhino. That is probably not possible short of an entire VM on a stick, is that what you’re trying to do and if so in God’s name why do you not have enough actual work to do?

You’re actually quite knowledgeable. Ugh, I’m not an IT person. I don’t use VM due to its limitation unless running OS for tests. Mount the system I built and run it through different PCs…

Plug and Play to run OS.

Still don’t really get what you’re trying to accomplish. You want to move your Rhino install between computers? But you want to run different versions on the same computer?

Rhino is not made to be run as anything but a normal Windows application, one that needs low-level hardware graphics support, so whatever it is it’s probably not gonna work, and as I said I have like 4 or 5 versions just installed on my computer normally without doing anything special at all.

I’ve already completed the IT part… Don’t worry.

Ugh… Each image includes one Rhino version.

Mr.censorship dale & his colleagues know the answer.

You’re wearing out your welcome here pretty quickly…

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