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CS6 beta along side CS5

Mar 26, 2012 12:06 PM

Will there be any conflict to installing CS6 in Win 7 64 without uninstalling CS5? I've been trying it out on Win 8 but hit a snag (no drivers for certain HW) and I really don't wish to uninstall CS5.

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  • Howard Pinsky
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    1. Howard Pinsky,
    Mar 26, 2012 12:09 PM   in reply to Hudechrome
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    You are able to run Photoshop CS6 on the same drive as CS5. However, keep in mind that Windows 8 is not officially supported, so you may run into conflicts.

     
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  • Pattie F
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    2. Pattie F,
    Mar 26, 2012 12:21 PM   in reply to Howard Pinsky
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    You should be able to install both CS5 and CS6 on Win7. Please see the associations FAQ for details you may want to know first:

     

    FAQ: What do I need to know about file associations when I load the Photoshop CS6 beta?

     
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  • Hudechrome
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    3. Hudechrome,
    Mar 26, 2012 12:21 PM   in reply to Howard Pinsky
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    Correct about Win 8. I forgot to say that the installation of CS6 with CS5 will be on Win 7. The driver issue along with certain conflicts over HD designation between Win 8 and 7 mitigates against continuing the trial there.

     
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  • Hudechrome
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    4. Hudechrome,
    Mar 26, 2012 12:30 PM   in reply to Pattie F
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    Hmm, thanks for that link. I suspected certain conflicts at the get go which is why I  decided on Win 8-CS6 combo. Alas! Conflicts which negate that choice.

     
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    5. jbsurv,
    Mar 26, 2012 1:13 PM   in reply to Hudechrome
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    I have the following phemnomena in Win 7 [up to date service pack]. When I am running PS6 and want to run PS5 at the same time to compare new versus old features - Windows does NOT allow PS5 to run - it just switches me to PS6. However, if I exit from PS6 and then start PS5 then PS5  boots up properly. This happens regardless if if I try to boot up CS5 32bit or CS5 64bit. Strange - anybody else seen this behavior

     
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  • Blinded By The Light
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    6. Blinded By The Light,
    Mar 26, 2012 1:25 PM   in reply to jbsurv
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    This is standard in Windows. You will not be able to run two instances of CS.

    Try to run two instances of REGEDIT. Won't work.

     

     

    Ciao, Walter

     
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  • Hudechrome
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    7. Hudechrome,
    Mar 26, 2012 2:23 PM   in reply to Pattie F
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    Surprise, this doesn't work as stated. If you locate Photoshop.exe your selection is not, OK, it's Open. Click that, nothing happens. Click Open afterwards in Bridge and the dialog disappears. Open it again and the association is still CS6.

     

    Pretty clunky.

    PS-Pattie wrote:

     

    You should be able to install both CS5 and CS6 on Win7. Please see the associations FAQ for details you may want to know first:

     

    FAQ: What do I need to know about file associations when I load the Photoshop CS6 beta?

    FAQ: What do I need to know about file associations when I load the Photoshop CS6 beta?

     

     

     

    6. For each file type you wish opened in CS5, change the association from CS6: choose the "Browse" option and locate the CS5 version of Photoshop.exe".  This is probably in Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop CS5 (64 Bit)/Photoshop.exe. Click on OK to complete the association.

    Now you can invoke Bridge CS5 and it will properly invoke Photoshop CS5.  If you invoke Bridge CS6, it will invoke Photoshop CS6.  If you use file manager to invoke one of your selected file extension types, it will start Photoshop CS5. Other graphic files will start Photoshop CS6.

     
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  • jbsurv
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    8. jbsurv,
    Mar 26, 2012 7:01 PM   in reply to Blinded By The Light
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    I run two or more instances of Calculator, Open Office, and all my 5 different test browsers in Windows Xp and Win 7 - this should not be an issue unless the program's developers make it ein Verboten Dingen. It just means getting comparisons means running two different machines together - a relatively small price to pay.

     

    JBS

     
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  • Blinded By The Light
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    9. Blinded By The Light,
    Mar 27, 2012 12:37 AM   in reply to jbsurv
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    You want to talk to Microsoft, the programmers of Regedit and Media Player. Ask them to learn programming.

     

    I'm running a virtual machine for CS6 beta.

     

    Ciao, Walter

     
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