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Upgrade from PD14 to PD15
pedwards2932 [Avatar]
Newbie Joined: Jan 17, 2017 10:58 Messages: 5 Offline
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When I got PD15 and installed it didn't get rid of my PD14. Is there any reason to keep PD14? Not sure why it would leave the old version as I bought an upgrade.
Carl312
Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline
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Quote When I got PD15 and installed it didn't get rid of my PD14. Is there any reason to keep PD14? Not sure why it would leave the old version as I bought an upgrade.
If you bought the FULL version of Powerdirector 15, it does not remove the previous version.

You can remove PD14 if you want to. Use the Windows Control Panel > Programs and Features if you have Windows 7 or similar in other versions of Windows.

It is not necessary to remove PD 14. It does no harm having both on your computer at the same time, unless you are low on free space. Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

pedwards2932 [Avatar]
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Okay.....plenty of space on my computer just confusing as the icons look identical. Thanks
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In most recent versions of Power Director(Version 9 through 15) installation would not require the removal of a previous version. This is in contrast to earlier versions(up to version eight) where installation of a latter version would require removal(uninstalling) the previous version, indeed, a warning would come up on your secreen, asking if you want to uninstall the older version. Clicking "OK" would trigger uninstalling older version prior to installation of newer version. Clicking "no", the installation process would cease.

But from version 9 up to 15, the installation process would not ask for removal of the old version. As such, I have Power Director 8 Ultra living side-by-side with Power Director 14 Ultra. This suits me as PD8 does certain things better than PD14 while PD14 has more features than PD8. It's a matter of knowing which does what better than the other version. If there are things that PD14 does better than PD15, then keep PD14. If not, simply uninstall PD14. That's all there is to it.

Neil.

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