Re: Should I uninstall the old version before upgrading?
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- Subject: [mg86611] Re: Should I uninstall the old version before upgrading?
- From: Helen Read <read at math.uvm.edu>
- Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:08:52 -0500 (EST)
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Murray Eisenberg wrote: > Helen Read wrote: >> >> I installed 6.0.2 on top of 6.0.1 on a fairly new XP desktop PC, and it >> failed to put the new DrawingTools palette where it need to go. I have >> always installed all versions of Mathematica to the default directory, >> and have not moved the palettes (or anything else) around. The problem >> did not occur on my (older) XP laptop. Someone from Wolfram called me on >> the phone to get some more details, because they had not been able to >> reproduce the issue. The suspicion, after talking to me, was that the >> reason for the different behavior was that my laptop had had older >> versions of Mathematica installed, whereas the first version installed >> on the desktop was 6.0.0. WRI was able to reproduce the problem after >> talking to me, but did not have a fix for it other than uninstalling, >> deleting the installation directory, and reinstalling. >> >> I didn't have the problem when I installed 6.0.2 over top of 6.0.1 on a >> Vista machine (which also never had anything prior to v.6), so this is >> seemingly an XP specific problem. > When you say you "installed 6.0.2 on top of 6.0.1", do you mean into the > SAME $InstallationDirectory? > > Except when a program installer (or documentation) explicitly tells me I > can do that, I would never do so. I accept the default installation directory suggested by the installer, wherever that may be. -- Helen Read University of Vermont
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- Re: Should I uninstall the old version before upgrading?
- From: Andrew Moylan <andrew.j.moylan@gmail.com>
- Re: Should I uninstall the old version before upgrading?
- From: Helen Read <read@math.uvm.edu>
- Re: Should I uninstall the old version before upgrading?