Quick Question

[nancyw39]

about installing both PSE 5 & PSE 6 on the same pc.

I would like to try PSE 6. But during the installation I got a message stating that I already had PSE 5 on the pc. I did not have to uninstall 5, but I could only use one version at a time. I'm not sure what that means. Does it mean that I can't use 5 while 6 is installed or that just one instance of PSE can run at a time?

Thanks for your help
Nancy

[Juergen D]

You can only run one version at a time. In other words, if you run 6.0, you cannot run 5.0 simultaneously, and vice versa.

Juergen

[nancyw39]

After using 6 I can exit the program and then open up 5 and use it, is that correct? I do not have to uninstall 6 to run 5. Thanks, I know it sounds like a dumb question, but I want to be able to go right back to 5 if I don't like 6

Nancy

[kevq]

Nancy,
you're right, I have both and you can use one, close it and then open the other.
Kev.

[Tina_B]

I have three versions of PSE on my pc and can switch between them just can't have them open at the same time.
Tina B

[nancyw39]

Thanks everyone!!

I'm going to try PSE 6 tonight.

Nancy

[Wendy]

Its only on a Mac that you can have more than one version open at a time :)

I really don't know why it works on the Mac and not on Windows :confused:

Wendy

[genevh]

Its all in how the OS handles running files and the processes behind the programs. MAC is a lot closer to Unix than Windows and shares a lot of the same operating characteristics, which allows that sort of thing.

[Wendy]

Hi Gene ...

The funny thing is that you can have all the versions open at the same time but with PSE3 & PSE4 you have to open them in the right order or they won't both open :D:D

Wendy