PD16 to PD17 Upgrade warning

Al Vodi

Newbie Location: Canada Joined: Nov 25, 2017 15:38 Messages: 28 Offline

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Nov 26, 2018 11:17

In the past one could run current and previous versions of PD without any issues.

PD17 unwisely erases PD16 when upgrading.

This is unfortunate especially with PD17 as it is full of irritating bugs that I haven't seen since the bad old days of versions 8,9, and 10.

It's back to reliable PD16 for now.

tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

Nov 26, 2018 20:30

Are you saying that you were able to reinstall PD16 and having it removed by the PD17 installation and keep both? That might have helped someone who posted about this Upgrade issue earlier.

Al Vodi

Newbie Location: Canada Joined: Nov 25, 2017 15:38 Messages: 28 Offline

Nov 26, 2018 21:41

Quote Are you saying that you were able to reinstall PD16 and having it removed by the PD17 installation and keep both? That might have helped someone who posted about this Upgrade issue earlier.

Yes. I was able to re-install PD16 and now both work independantly. PD17 projects of course are not downward compatible.

kingsmeadow2

Newbie Joined: Nov 06, 2015 09:12 Messages: 10 Offline

Nov 28, 2018 03:59

Quote In the past one could run current and previous versions of PD without any issues.

PD17 unwisely erases PD16 when upgrading.

This is unfortunate especially with PD17 as it is full of irritating bugs that I haven't seen since the bad old days of versions 8,9, and 10.

It's back to reliable PD16 for now.

I just upgraded from PD16 to PD17 and it didn't recognise PD16, so left it there. So I have both and they both work !
KM