Being cautious, I would like to avoid all possibility of confusion or
conflict between versions, therefore I would never install two versions on the same machine.
I wouldn't install the exact same program on the same computer twice. It doesn't make sense, for one thing. But I thought that being different versions, they were not the exact same program. Plus, I've had this notion that it was ok to have different versions installed, as long as they are not in the same folder.
I've been looking for where I might have read this "advice". But both the website and the wiki have been edited extensively over the last couple of years or so. It might have even been on the old website where I read it.
I do remember reading, relatively recently, about a bug with an MSI version of Inkscape, which didn't check for previous versions, and tried to install into the same directory as the existing installation. I didn't read into the details, because much of it was too technical. But I thought it meant that Inkscape should check for existing versions, and put the new one somewhere else. But maybe I misunderstood that? Maybe the problem was that it should check for exising versions, and refuse to install if it found one??
Anyway, see my reply to Raymond Wan, for my plans re your suggestions.
Thank you very much, brynn
-----Original Message----- From: alvinpenner Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 4:44 AM To: inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-user] installing on Windows, 32-bit vs 64-bit
Hi, to be perfectly honest, I do not have a 'technical' understanding of this issue. My response was based on the fact that I am cautious by nature. Being cautious, I would like to avoid all possibility of confusion or conflict between versions, therefore I would never install two versions on the same machine. The fact that only one version of Inkscape showed up in the Control Panel->Programs and Features, even after multiple installations, would already be enough to cause me some concern. However, here is a possible explanation of your problem (just speculating). Assume that your first installation of Inkscape was a 32 bit version, and that it went into the (x86) folder. This fact will certainly be recorded in the registry somewhere, and it is possible that Windows may try to force _all_ subsequent versions to go into this same directory, regardless of their origin. Again, just speculating. One way to test this hypothesis would be to uninstall all Inkscape versions from your computer until the Control Panel entry for Inkscape is empty, and then try to do a 64-bit install to see if it installs normally into the right folder. Alternatively, what you could do is just take the easy way out, and use the 7z distribution, which is guaranteed to work with no hassles.
good luck, Alvin
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