Provide archive-only portable download on the official website #11228

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opened 2026-02-21 21:15:39 -05:00 by deekerman · 4 comments

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Originally created by @MatejKafka on GitHub (Nov 16, 2020).

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Windows 10 x64 (10.0.1xxxx)

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Currently, if I want to use qBittorrent in portable mode, I have to use the GUI installer. I want to just download a .zip/.7z archive, extract it to a directory and run the qBittorrent.exe binary. From looking at the NSIS installer script, it seems that it registers file associations and uninstaller, none of which I want for a portable version.

Originally created by @MatejKafka on GitHub (Nov 16, 2020). ### Operating System Windows 10 x64 (10.0.1xxxx) ### What is the problem Currently, if I want to use qBittorrent in portable mode, I have to use the GUI installer. I want to just download a .zip/.7z archive, extract it to a directory and run the `qBittorrent.exe` binary. From looking at the NSIS installer script, it seems that it registers file associations and uninstaller, none of which I want for a portable version.

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@supply9243 commented on GitHub (Nov 19, 2020):

7-zip.exe

@supply9243 commented on GitHub (Nov 19, 2020): ![11时25分35秒](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/50667472/99754358-33edbc00-2b23-11eb-8ef3-7a1dcc4b714f.png) 7-zip.exe

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@luzpaz commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2024):

Hi @sledgehammer999, are there plans to do this ?

@luzpaz commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2024): Hi @sledgehammer999, are there plans to do this ?

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@MatejKafka commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2024):

@supply9243 Yes, you can unpack the installer with 7zip, but most users do not know that and you need to create the profile dir manually. Given that creating a .zip release should be very easy to do, I'd still prefer it over unpacking the NSIS installer.

@MatejKafka commented on GitHub (Aug 25, 2024): @supply9243 Yes, you can unpack the installer with 7zip, but most users do not know that and you need to create the profile dir manually. Given that creating a .zip release should be very easy to do, I'd still prefer it over unpacking the NSIS installer.

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@mariomadproductions commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2025):

NSIS installers often always unpack consistently and can result in misplaced files, so that isn't really a solution.

@mariomadproductions commented on GitHub (Jul 2, 2025): NSIS installers often always unpack consistently and can result in misplaced files, so that isn't really a solution.