# Today I bought a 1 GB Flash Drive...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-bought-a-1-gb-flash-drive/372918>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 16, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-bought-a-1-gb-flash-drive/372918 "2006-09-16T02:40:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-bought-a-1-gb-flash-drive/372918/21 "2006-09-16T16:09:19Z")

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Suppose I have a freeware program still in my Downoads file that I got  
online. Can I transfer that program to my stick and then to my laptop,  
and double click on it (like I did originally) to unleash it there?

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**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-bought-a-1-gb-flash-drive/372918/22 "2006-09-16T16:33:17Z")

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[QUOTE=BarnOwl]  
Suppose I have a freeware program still in my Downoads file that I got  
online. Can I transfer that program to my stick and then to my laptop,  
and double click on it (like I did originally) to unleash it there?  
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yes

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