Where exactly does a portable app is running when the usb stick is pulled out without closing that app?

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Published on 2014-05-27T15:23:58Z Indexed on 2014/05/27 15:31 UTC
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Where exactly does a portable app is running when the usb stick is pulled out without closing that app?

Is it in memory? Is it written the on hard disk as temporary files (where exactly is it, appdata or where)?

Does that mean the next user of the pc could gain access just clicking that from the system tray and saving to other folders?

How about when the system crash and that portable app is not closed the normal way? On the next open, will it stay somewhere on temporary folders?

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