Am Mi., 2. Dez. 2020 um 13:25 Uhr schrieb <_johnny7_...@web.de>:
> Thanks for all your work and for the release of LyX 2.3.6!
>
> I was wondering how to proceed with the new installer on Windows. With
> former version updates it worked fine just to run the installer and put
> the new version over the old one.
This is not intended for this release particularly. The new installer also
supports this feature, but it does not support installing into a LyX
directory where LyX was installed with the old installer. Please uninstall
the old Version and install LyX 2.3.6 into an empty folder. You will be
able to install the next releases over this one (and the following ones)
again as before. It is just once that you need to uninstall the old
versions (prior to 2.3.6) because the installer changed now.
> The new 64-bit installer does not
> automatically detect my LyX installation in "C:\Program Files (x86)"
> (for 32-bit programmes) but chooses "C:\Program Files".
This is intended, on 64 bit Windows "Program Files (x86)" contains 32 bit
applications, while 64 bit applications are installed in "Program Files".
> Can I safely
> uninstall the old version and keep all my settings?
Yes, if you don't choose "LyX's users preferences" while uninstalling, it
should not remove the preferences.
> Is uninstalling the
> previous version the recommended procedure?
>
Yes, as written above and just announced on LyX mailing lists.
>
> (If I remember correctly, the former installer asked whether I wanted to
> install LyX for all users or only for me whereas the new installer,
> started as a normal user, assumes I want to install it only for myself
> and thus chooses "C:\Users\...\AppData\Local" which would be an unusual
> choice. I can of course avoid this by starting the installer as an admin
> but I think this worked differently before.)
>
The behavior here is the same as before. When you start installation as a
user without admin permissions, you will only be able to install for
yourself. If you run as admin or as a user with admin permissions, then you
will be able to choose to install for yourself or all using this computer.
--
Eugene
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