What you need is a portable version
of your password manager. A portable program is one that can run on a
PC without installation, and thus can be launched from a flash drive. Password Safe is a good password manager.After you install
Password Safe onto a computer, you can drag and drop the program folder
onto a flash drive and safely remove the drive. Then you can connect it
to another Windows PC and launch Password Safe. You'll want to keep your
password database file on the flash drive too, of course. But this doesn't work perfectly. It has two flaws, neither of them serious.
First, when you launch
Password Safe from the flash drive and browse to open a password
database file, the program will default to your Documents folder. You'll
have to navigate drives and folders to get to the file, which will be
on the flash drive.
Second, when you close the program, it leaves an icon running in the
notification area. You must right-click that icon and exit the program
before Windows will allow you to safely remove the flash drive.
You can find unofficial portable versions of Password Safe around the
Internet. I've tried a couple, and they both had these same two
problems.
Password Safe isn't the only option. The popular Keepass program is available in a portable version, which lacks Password Safe's portable annoyances.
Another option: If you have a smartphone or a tablet, both Password Safe and Keepass are available as Android and iOS apps.
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