Deleting earlier versions of Photoshop

[NigelC]

Just to be clear, on my laptop I have PS7 (full version), CS2 upgrade, CS4 upgrade (just acquired and waiting for my free CS5 upgrade). Same on desktop, except PS7. As I understand it the upgrade installs on the machine as a self contained programme, rather than sitting on top of previous versions. Therefore, once I'm happy CS5 is running satisfactorily on my machine, I can safely delete earlier versions, or at least I can delete 7/CS2 and keep CS4 as back up.

Wright or wrong?

[michael]

They are independent. You can keep or delete the old versions.

Michael

[NigelC]

They are independent. You can keep or delete the old versions.

Michael

Thanks

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

I always keep the old version until I'm sure I haven't used it for several months. Right now I have CS5, CS4, and CS3. It's time to get rid of CS3.

Eric

[digitaldog]

IF you do delete, do it properly. Deactivate then use the Uninstaller app (at least on the Mac, its found in the Utilities folder).

[Jack Flesher]

And one more tidbit: if you have CS3 or CS4 on your system even when using the uninstaller for them, they may still delete a needed shared folder that CS5 needs to run.  So when you next re-launch CS5 you may get an error message indicating a file is missing and need to do a repair-re-install of CS5 to get it back.

[digitaldog]

And one more tidbit: if you have CS3 or CS4 on your system even when using the uninstaller for them, they may still delete a needed shared folder that CS5 needs to run.  So when you next re-launch CS5 you may get an error message indicating a file is missing and need to do a repair-re-install of CS5 to get it back.

Never had this happen to me on the Mac (and as an alpha and beta tester, I’ve had to uninstall more times than I can remember). Are you on Windows?

[jdemott]

if you have CS3 or CS4 on your system even when using the uninstaller for them, they may still delete a needed shared folder that CS5 needs to run. So when you next re-launch CS5 you may get an error message indicating a file is missing and need to do a repair-re-install of CS5 to get it back.

I just had the same experience on a Mac.  I de-activated CS3 and CS4 and then removed them with the uninstaller.  I got the same error message on launch...and solved it by re-installing the needed file with Time Machine.  The uninstaller also apparently deleted some of the camera profiles for ACR, which I also had to re-install.

[daveor]

I put the upgrade CS5 on my laptop,, Had no previous version on it  after a new hard drive was installed on it.. All it asked for was the serial number from a qualified version, (I already had CS3) so used that number and CS5 installed without a problem. DAve

[Jack Flesher]

Never had this happen to me on the Mac (and as an alpha and beta tester, I’ve had to uninstall more times than I can remember). Are you on Windows?

Nope, I'm on Mac and know several other folks that had this same issue.  And it's an irregular issue -- I got the error when I nuked older version off my Mac Pro, but not when I did same on my Macbook Pro.

[BernardLanguillier]

Yep.

Now keep in mind that CS5 is not totally usable on its own anyway:
- I am still not sure how to print with it and prefer the way it was done in CS4(page set up, profiles,...)
- The 64 bits version of CS5 is still lacking support of some key plug-ins, starting with Nik Software... boy those guys are slow.

Cheers,
Bernard

[Jeremy Roussak]

Yep.

Now keep in mind that CS5 is not totally usable on its own anyway:
- The 64 bits version of CS5 is still lacking support of some key plug-ins, starting with Nik Software... boy those guys are slow.
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NoiseNinja too. They (ever so helpfullly) point out that you can quit CS5, check the "32-bit mode" box and restart it.

Jeremy