XnView Software

I've got ghostscript 8.54. It would seem you're right it is something to do with running from USB. It will convert to pdf though - but will not show in the file list. Checked associations - pdf ticked.

Is it possible to put ghostscript on the USB somehow - probably not. I'll have to investigate ...

One particularly useful facility for me is XnView's ability to convert picture format to pdf with the installation of ghostscript. However, after updating to the latest version and running that on a flash drive it no longer seems to work.

Is this because the latest verison (1.90.3) has a glitch or ...

I looked at quite a number and XnView is outstanding. Particularly for file conversion which is what i use a lot. Excellent for all to use as it is simple, clear and fast - can't stand the amount of clutter in some software. It does just what one wants ++ from a viewer.

I did read a comment once ...

I need to write to pdf quite a lot.

After trying a few i find primoPDF excellent [free]. Perhaps the later version of cute is OK but the one i used was v.short of primo's capabilities.

Just suggesting an alternative.

Thanks Helmut

I knew i'd found it before just couldn't remember where. I tried to download the source code file ghostscript-8.54.tar.bz2 which was silly. If i have the XnView on USB which i'm considering how/where do i put the zip version gs854os2.zip - just in a directory on the USB?