Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4 install deletes 3.6

Hi :)
'Fortunate' like 99.99% of people!  Upgrading from 3.x.x to 4.0.x produced a startling lack of bump 
in traffic on this list, except old die-hards remarking on how well it went.  The 4.1.0-beta gave 
more of a bump but still nothing like the start of a new branch used to produce here.  

If we take the ancient figure of 60milion users (am i remembering correctly?) world-wide and that 
this is the international list and gets emails from Japan, India, Iran, even New Zealand and all 
around the globe i think we can safely say that 
1.  not so many are upgrading and/or
2.  not many are having troubles  of course there is another possiblity but LO usage seems to be 
growing rapidly, not dwindling!  

Regards from 
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: Dave Liesse <dsliesse@liessefamily.net>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 18:51
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] LO 4 install deletes 3.6
>
>
> Thanks, Andrew; I hadn't noticed this before.  My LO 3.4 directory is 
> still present, but practically empty.  This is NOT good behavior if the 
> user is not notified first.  I'll be sure to go back and find your 
> earlier message and save it, for future use.  When there's an upgrade 
> (as opposed to a patch), I want the ability to test it before abandoning 
> my old software.  Guess I'm fortunate not to have had issues going from 
> 3.4 to 4.0!
>
> Dave
>
>
> On 7/24/2013 08:13, Andrew Brown wrote:
> > Hi Virgil
> >
> > You have observed correctly. I have just done a test of installing two 
> > version of AOO under Windows 7, and quite correctly, it installs it's 
> > own local cache/store of settings, per version, thus allowing two 
> > copies to work side by side, as long as you create two distinct 
> > install folders (by default I never allow any installing program's 
> > defaults in Windows 7, many known issues with virtual links to folders 
> > etc). And correct in your observation, as well as my earlier supplied 
> > info, LO does not do this, rather opting for a single user settings 
> > store, detecting another install of LO, and uninstalling it, before 
> > installing the upgrade (or possible downgrade). But this is not a bad 
> > thing though, as covered by other respondees.
> >
> > The link I supplied in my earlier email shows one how to overcome this 
> > issue of LO and a universal store, allowing for two versions 
> > simultaneous and operational on Windows 7.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Andrew
>
>
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