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Re: Should I uninstall the old version before upgrading?

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• Subject: [mg86503] Re: Should I uninstall the old version before upgrading?
• From: Andrew Moylan <andrew.j.moylan at gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:28:33 -0500 (EST)
• References: <fr5e7d$occ$1@smc.vnet.net>

On Mar 11, 7:00 pm, =EA=CD=EA=CD <huihui.... at gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to upgrade Mathematica from v6.0 to v6.0.1. Can I just install
> the new version directly without uninstalling the old version? Should
> I uninstall the old version manually before upgrading?
>
> Thanks very much!

Yes, do uninstall first. If you don't, you may encounter problems such
as this:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica/browse_thread/=
thread/8300a97190bd0c3b/f35b55aec1ae60a3?lnk=gst&q=%24Failed+drawing+too=
ls#f35b55aec1ae60a3

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