4 Replies Latest reply: Dec 18, 2012 4:28 AM by Bob Levine

Deleting older versions of CS 4, CS5.5 after upgrading to CS6

whatalotofrubbish Dec 17, 2012 2:52 AM

When I installed CS5.5, it was only after I had installed it that I read the notes in the readme file.

It said that I should not attempt to delete the older programs from CS4, as it would probably harm the new files for CS5.5.As a result, I have had a lot odf resources tied up ever since, in disk space and memory allocation and registry info that is not needed to use the updated version.

I just received CS6, and am on the point of installing it. Will the same apply to this version?

If it does, I will have over 10gigabytes of installed programs that will not function properly.

According to Adobe chat, I have to delete the files if I just want CS6. I am loath to do that in case there is a problem during installation of cS6.

Anyone else had this problem?

1. Re: Deleting older versions of CS 4, CS5.5 after upgrading to CS6

Bob Levine Dec 17, 2012 4:44 AM (in response to whatalotofrubbish)

Best practice is to delete those old versions first.

Bob
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2. Re: Deleting older versions of CS 4, CS5.5 after upgrading to CS6

MichaelKazlow Dec 17, 2012 9:06 PM (in response to Bob Levine)

Best practice is to uninstall those old versons first <g, r, & d>. Bob, there are some people that will take you at your word.
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3. Re: Deleting older versions of CS 4, CS5.5 after upgrading to CS6

whatalotofrubbish Dec 18, 2012 3:23 AM (in response to MichaelKazlow)

In the past, when uninstalling older versions, some web sites were left hanging with a complete re-write needed before Dreamweaver could be used to edit them. I'm talking about the time when the switch from asp to PHP took place. Even now, I have web sites that were written in earlier versions of PHP and MySQL that probably could have problems with a new installation of Xamp and CS6.

When doing an upgrade, I usually do it on my latest computer and leave the old version on my older one as backup to allow me to edit older sites.
So thanks for your advice. I will uninstall the program from my current machine, and install the upgrade on it.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.
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4. Re: Deleting older versions of CS 4, CS5.5 after upgrading to CS6

Bob Levine Dec 18, 2012 4:28 AM (in response to MichaelKazlow)

They should. Uninstalling after the fact tends to break file associations.

Bob
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