Re: Installing

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Jonathan Rhoads wrote:

> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 14:32:49 -0400
> From: Jonathan Rhoads <JonathanRhoads@bruderhof.com>
> To: "Abiword Userlist (E-mail)" <abiword-user@abisource.com>
> Subject: Installing
>
>
> Hello - I'm using AbiWord for windows.
>
> Each time a new version is released, I've been uninstalling the old
> version of AbiWord before installing the new one.

>
> Is this necessary,

No

> or can I simply run the setup of the new version
> right over the old version?

but it is recommended.

There is a slim chance that some files from the old version will be
incompatible. In the past old plugins for example might cause problems,
or an old Abiword.Profile might possibly cause Abiword to crash on
startup. From our point of view it is better to be safe than sorry
which is why we recommend people uninstall old versions first but so long
as you dont mind the small risk and think you will be able to sort out any
minor problems you might encounter then go a head.

I've installed new versions of Abiword directly over older version lots of
times but I hope you understand that it does make sense for us to
recommend against it. Try it and see!

Good luck

Sincerely

Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/proj/Inkscape/

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Received on Thu Aug 26 20:45:23 2004