Installing 2.0.8 and 2.0.10 at the same time

[JACanterbury]

You're welcome. It's nice to be able to repay you, in a small way, for all 
of your help on this forum over the years.

John

On Friday, January 31, 2014 4:39:44 PM UTC, McFarlane, David wrote:
>
> Worked like a charm, thanks!  I wish had known this years ago, but 
> your tip came just in time for a new round of testing how various 
> E-Prime updates affect some particular bugs (see 
> https://twitter.com/EPrimeMaster ).  I did modify the procedure just a 
> bit: 
>
> - Install older version of E-Prime (i.e., use existing installed version). 
> - Find the installed E-Prime program folder and copy it to another 
> folder -- e.g., copy "Program Files\PST\E-Prime 2.0" to "Program 
> Files\PST\E-Prime 2.0.8.22". 
> - Install the newer version of E-Prime right over the old version 
> (yes, sometimes necessary to first uninstall the older E-Prime, but I 
> like to live a little dangerously here). 
>
> That's it.  So far I have EP 2.0.8.22, 2.0.8.73, and 2.0.8.74 all 
> running on one machine, working up to installing 2.0.8.79, 2.0.8.90, 
> 2.0.10.242, and 2.0.10.353.  And from now right after each update I 
> will just make a copy of the E-Prime program folder, all ready for 
> the next update whenever it comes. 
>
> -- David McFarlane 
>
>
> At 1/15/2014 07:31 AM Wednesday, JACanterbury wrote: 
> >Not a question, but some information in case it's of use to anyone. 
> > 
> >Although the PST 
> ><http://www.pstnet.com/support/kb.asp?TopicID=5345>website (ticket 
> 5345)says 
> > 
> >Can E-Prime 2.0.8.x and E-Prime 2.0.10.x be installed at the same time? 
> >No, only major version installations can be installed at the same 
> >time. However, multiple versions of the E-Prime 2.0 Subject Station 
> >installation can coexist on the same lab machine. 
> ><http://www.pstnet.com/support/kb.asp?TopicID=5325>KB5325 - FEATURE: 
> >Suite, Subject Station, and Run-Time detect other installations on 
> >machine (multiple Subject Station versions allowed) 
> > 
> >I thought I'd try anyway as I need to support both versions as a 
> programmer. 
> > 
> >It turns out that you CAN have E-Studio 2.0.8 and 2.0.10 co-existing 
> >on the same machine at the same time. 
> > 
> >This is what I did: 
> > 
> >    * install 2.0.8 
> >    * rename the install directory e.g. from c:\program files 
> > (x86)\pst to c:\program files (x86)\pst-2-0-8 
> >    * uninstall E-Prime (control panel / programs and features) 
> >    * install 2.0.10 
> > 
> >Notes: 
> > 
> >- the installed shortcuts from the Windows Start menu will be for 
> >the lastest version, you'll need to create additional shortcuts to 
> >the other version 
> > 
> >- when you switch from using one version to the other, you'll be 
> >prompted to relicence but this on ly takes a second - This seems to 
> >be the only irritation. 
> > 
> >- This seems fine for E-studio development work but I wouldn't run 
> >any actual live experiments on a system setup like this as I'm not 
> >quite sure what versions of drivers the 'other' version might be picking 
> up 
> > 
> >- if you want to install e-prime into a different folder, e.g. on 
> >your D: drive, select the 'custom' install as this then gives you 
> >the option to change the installation directory/folder 
> > 
> > 
> >hth 
> > 
> >John 
>
>

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