I agree with bill. I dont see why this would be a problem. Java 32 bit and
64bit can be installed along side each other, so why cant lmms?


On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 8:13 PM, Bill Y. <b...@anzovin.com> wrote:

> Not true, the 64 bit version installs to Program Files, and the 32 bit
> version installs to Program Files (x86) on windows systems. So it is
> entirely plausible to have a 32 bit version of 0.4.15 and also a 64 bit
> version of  0.9.91. With that said if LMMS shares certain resources that
> prevent a person from having both installed, then we need to address this
> problem. While it might not be necessary, is bad etiquette for 32 bit and
> 64 bit resources cause conflicts with each other.
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Tres Finocchiaro <
> tres.finocchi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Also what if the user wanted to have 0.4.x and a new version because some
>>> features that use to exist or changed in such a way that an old file breaks
>>> under the new version?
>>
>>
>> This assumes it installs in a separate location, which by default it does
>> not.
>>
>> is it possible to have the installer detect if there is an lmms install
>>> and auto uninstall lmms if its not running
>>
>>
>> I don't see much benefit in this because the uninstaller doesn't properly
>> remove the registry keys or the .lmmsrc file.
>>
>> I think a better question is if we can fix the uninstaller to properly
>> remove the application so that there aren't as many artifacts laying
>> around.  This is a common problem with software installs though because
>> generally people don't want files in their home drive mucked with, so in
>> addition to cleaning up the registry, I think the application should have a
>> way of "upgrading" the .lmmsrc file so that the new 1.0.0 version and it's
>> theme get displayed properly.
>>
>> -Tres
>>
>>
>> - tres.finocchi...@gmail.com
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 9:48 AM, John Serafino <lzrbl...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I have seen a lot of software installers have a little "uninstall
>>> previous versions" checkbox to help solve this problem.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Bill Y. <b...@anzovin.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What if a user wanted both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions? Also what if
>>>> the user wanted to have 0.4.x and a new version because some features that
>>>> use to exist or changed in such a way that an old file breaks under the new
>>>> version? I feel auto uninstall is only a viable option if there is an
>>>> advance option to alow users to bypass it at their own discretion.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 3:34 AM, Jonathan Aquilina <
>>>> eagles051...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> @toby at least on windows is it possible to have the installer detect
>>>>> if there is an lmms install and auto uninstall lmms if its not running, 
>>>>> and
>>>>> if its running ask the user to close it?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 9:13 PM, Tobias Doerffel <
>>>>> tobias.doerf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 2014-02-21 0:47 GMT+01:00 Stian Jørgensrud <stian...@gmail.com>:
>>>>>> > When the two previous LMMS RC versions asked to make a Start menu
>>>>>> shortcut
>>>>>> > they didn't call themselves 0.9.X but asked to make 0.4.14 or
>>>>>> 0.4.15 on my
>>>>>> > two Win7.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Before installing a new version, you should uninstall LMMS completely.
>>>>>> I also recommend a CCleaner run after uninstall in order to get rid of
>>>>>> old registry keys such as file association (not sure whether
>>>>>> everything gets removed upon uninstall).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Toby
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