Installing on a USB Flash Drive

You can install Citavi directly on a USB flash drive. The advantage is that you can then use Citavi on any computer that meets the system requirements.

hmtoggle_plus1 Installing Citavi on a USB flash drive only

If you have not already installed Citavi on your computer:

  1. Ensure that your USB flash drive has enough free space. The program files require about 280MB; you should have enough room for your projects and files, too.
  2. Double-click CitaviSetup.exe to begin the Setup program.
  3. The setup assistant takes you through the installation.
  4. When given the option to select the installation destination, choose the USB flash drive.
  5. Wait until Citavi was successfully installed appears.
  6. You can now delete the CitaviSetup.exe file or save it for installation on other computers.

hmtoggle_plus1 Installing Citavi on a Computer and then on a USB Flash Drive

If you have already installed Citavi on your computer:

  1. Ensure that your USB flash drive has enough free space. The program files require about 100MB; you should have enough room for your projects and files, too.
  2. Start Citavi from your computer and open a project.
  3. On the Help menu, click Citavi auf USB-Stick installieren.
  4. The setup assistant takes you through the installation.
  5. When given the option to select the installation destination, choose the USB flash drive.
  6. Wait until Citavi was successfully installed appears.

The Citavi Setup is MSI-based, so it can be run on your computer only one time. If you try to run the setup again, a repair program will start. This is the reason that there is a special procedure for a second installation. You can also follow the steps under Option 2 if you first installed Citavi on a USB flash drive and now want to install it on your computer.

hmtoggle_plus1 Installing Citavi on a USB Flash Drive and then on a Computer

It is not possible to install Citavi on a computer if it's the same computer that you used to install Citavi on the USB flash drive. First uninstall Citavi over the Control panel, then install Citavi on the PC, and then follow the steps under "Installing Citavi on a computer and then on a USB flash drive".

Please note: Installation takes longer on a USB flash drive than on a computer, and the Pickers cannot be used on USB flash drives. To start Citavi from your USB flash drive, open the folder Citavi 4\bin and double-click the file Citavi.exe.
During installation the folder Citavi 4 is created. This contains the Citavi program files. Once you create your first project, Citavi will create the folder Projects in the folder Citavi 4. Here you will find your project files.