installing 9.5 besides 9.2.3

scheffkoch · Post by **scheffkoch** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 10:19 am

hi,
if i rename the 9.2.3 installation i should be able to install 9.5 without overwriting the old version, right?...but will 9.5 then be connected to my library, folders and so on "like normal"?...
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chrk · Post by **chrk** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:15 am

scheffkoch wrote:hi,
if i rename the 9.2.3 installation ...

Why would you do it that way around?

How can I install the previous Live 9 version? | Ableton
The process is the same no matter, if the 'other' version is up or down, and any of them should find and import the preferences from a previous installation.

scheffkoch wrote:...but will 9.5 then be connected to my library, folders and so on "like normal"?...

9.5 should be perfectly fine any way you do it. The core library is in the resources folder next to the program folder, so each version maintains (and accesses) its own version of that.

I could imagine, though, that when running 9.2.3, you'd run into problems with the v2 upgrade of the Max for Live Essentials pack.

scheffkoch · Post by **scheffkoch** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 11:43 am

thanks for your reply!!!

"Why would you do it that way around?"

…i thought that having the latest version as the "default" version (so that the next updates would overwrite it) and the old one as the backup would be much less confusing…

chrk · Post by **chrk** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 12:05 pm

scheffkoch wrote:…i thought that having the latest version as the "default" version (so that the next updates would overwrite it) and the old one as the backup would be much less confusing…

Well, if I wanted it that way, I would do the upgrade to 9.5 and install 9.2.3 as a new/parallel installation after that, like it's described in the article.

'Renaming' an installation looks like a call for confusion, because at some level there always stays something behind that points to the original folder, be it a registry entry, config file or whatever. Letting the respective installers handle this propperly should be a lot cleaner and safer.

T.I.M. · Post by **T.I.M.** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 7:50 pm

I have both installed, when I went back to 9.2 it still played with Max7 installed.

Stromkraft · Post by **Stromkraft** » Sun Nov 08, 2015 10:28 pm

T.I.M. wrote:I have both installed, when I went back to 9.2 it still played with Max7 installed.

Are you saying the new MFL Essentials will work in 9.2?

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