Archive:Windows FAQ: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Levi.baker88 (talk | contribs) |
Levi.baker88 (talk | contribs) |
||
Line 51: | Line 51: | ||
| Question= Portable mode | | Question= Portable mode | ||
| Answer= | | Answer= | ||
* | * Kodi has the ability to run in portable mode. It gives the user the flexibility to install multiples of the same version or multiple different versions. | ||
* During the installation process of Kodi you will be prompted with the destination folder, this needs to be changed, either to a removable USB device or another hard drive or partition within your computer. If you install Kodi to your computer you'll have to put the Kodi folder in a place where standard users have write permission (e.g. ''not'' under Program Files) or run the shortcut as admin (even though you're logged in with an admin account). Otherwise you'll get the error message "ERROR: Unable to create application. Exiting." | |||
* Do not run Kodi during the final stage of installation or once the install has finished. | |||
* Navigate to your recent install of Kodi that is planned to be your portable install, if you haven't already create a shortcut to kodi.exe do so now. | |||
* In the shortcut's properties there will be a box called ''Target field'', add the switch ''-p'' after kodi.exe i.e. P:\Kodi\kodi.exe -p | |||
* This will then use the Kodi folder itself as the Home folder, which means scripts, plugins, skins and userdata will be located in the 'portable_data' folder within the Kodi folder. | |||
* You will, however, have to be careful when upgrading to make sure that the [[userdata]] folder you use is not overwritten. | * You will, however, have to be careful when upgrading to make sure that the [[userdata]] folder you use is not overwritten. | ||
}} | }} |
Revision as of 10:51, 18 September 2016
Windows | Windows FAQ |
Frequently Asked Questions Windows and Windows-compatible computer hardware.
General FAQ
- See also: All platforms FAQ for FAQs that apply to all versions of Kodi.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Troubleshooting
See also: Troubleshooting
| ||||
| ||||
| ||||
| ||||
| ||||
| ||||
| ||||
| ||||
| ||||
| ||||
| ||||
| ||||
|
v15: Kodi won't open if there is no network
- Kodi v15.0 and v15.1 won't open if Windows doesn't have an active network device. This is different than having no network connection. For example, Kodi should still work if you have an installed wifi, bluetooth, ethernet, or other network device, even if they are not currently connected, so long as they are not "disabled" in Windows. A fix for this will be included in the upcoming v15.2 bugfix release.
v15: Webserver or phone remotes don't work
- Some Windows installs (especially Windows 10) seem to be reserving port 80 for Skype usage, which prevents Kodi's internal web server from starting up. Kodi should default to using port "8080" on new installs, but existing installs might need to manually change the port in the web server settings to use 8080.