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2017-06-07 20:45 GMT+02:00 Chris Hill <[email protected]>: > So why did the Office 2016 install not remove Office 2010, and why did > Embarcadero RAD install not remove earlier versions. > > > > It is normal to retain or offer to remove older versions – just make sure > that your install process uses different folder names per version to stop > the problem. > > > > *From:* LegacyUserGroup [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Mervyn Ashby > *Sent:* 07 June 2017 14:45 > *To:* Legacy User Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] More Fun and Games with v.9 > > > > From the Legacy Support Site: > > > > "*Will Legacy 9.0 overwrite my old Legacy program?* > > Yes, Legacy Family Tree 9.0 will overwrite Legacy 8 but will not > overwrite Legacy 7.5 or earlier. > > When installing Legacy 9.0 only some of your customized settings from > earlier versions will be retained. Any of the font and color settings from > earlier versions will need to be re-set if you want your own look and feel. > ” > > > > Could that be any clearer? I don’t think so. > > > > In fact, I know of only a very few Windows programs that don’t completely > replace older versions of the same software when upgrades take place, so > there is absolutely nothing unusual about the behaviour of the Legacy 9 > installation, especially as it is clear that the underlying database will > be substantially altered because of the new features and can no longer be > directly used in any previous version of the software. So, retaining an old > installation version would be entirely useless unless a user wanted to > maintain two completely separate versions of their family history data. > > > > With software upgrades it is always a question of “Buyer beware”. *Golden > Rules:* Don’t be an early adopter if you are risk averse; and don’t > install any software without researching it properly first! > > > > > > On 7 Jun 2017, at 14:13, Michael Feldman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Same thing happened to me. Luckily I had kept my v8 installer. I agree > with Kris that this behavior is unacceptable. The v9 installer must at > least ask permission before deleting the old version. > Mike > > On June 6, 2017 10:59:38 PM Bill Dorr <[email protected]> wrote: > > So download and reinstall 8. It's not impossible. > > > > http://support.legacyfamilytree.com/article/AA-00899/#8.0 > > > > On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 10:36 PM, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: > > I paid for and installed v.9 against my better judgement. No problem, I'm > thinking, I can always revert to v.8 as I've made all the backups, etc. So > I've been mostly happily using v.8. > > Over the weekend, I hit the wrong button and accidentally opened v.9. I > realized my mistake when it wanted to convert my family file, so I said, > "No thanks" and closed the program. > > Today, I wanted to open v.8 and -- it's gone. It's not there anymore. The > entire directory has been deleted. > > So, v.9 does not only delete v.8 on install. This is completely > unacceptable and NOT standard practice. I have every version of Open > Office, for instance, on my computer as I used to do a lot of QA with that > project. New versions do not delete old versions. > > NEVER have I EVER had a new version of ANY program remove a previous > version. > > There are a lot of reasons people might keep old versions of software. One > of them might be that they PAID for it? I paid for v.8. v.9 does > inappropriate things without notice or warning -- though even in that case > it wouldn't be acceptable. > > I wondered why I kept getting "malware" warnings when I was using v.9 and > had to white list it. It's on the black list now. > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe http://legacyusers.com/ > mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >
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