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What is the procedure to create a portable version of VLC for Windows?

the 7z or zip versions have always been portable. the settings may not save as i think they're saved in the folders of the computer so each system would reset. you could put a request forward (following the reporting procedure) so it is totally portable including settings if you like.

the 7z or zip versions have always been portable.

No they are not because by default the settings are saved into %appdata%\VLC folder.
You may define a custom path for VLCRC but vlc-qt-interface.ini and ml.xspf will remain in %appdata%\VLC folder.

It took me a while to understand what you were saying.

For others reading this, you go here and that is where the zipped version is:
https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html


Unrelated, but VLC should really display a version number when you click on Setup.exe or in the Setup.exe properties... Who wants to find out the hard way which Setup.exe they have?