CaptainTime 94 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 I am really intrigued to try the newest Windows Beta (would love to have the highlighter option). I am a productivity tools junkie, so I am not really concerned about a few glitches in a beta - that is why they are put out there. But I teach beginners Evernote and I wouldn't recommend they use beta software so I would be showing them the latest stable release when I train. Is it possible to run both the beta and the latest stable release? Any issues around trying this? I wouldn't have both open at the same time. Thanks, Link to comment
BurgersNFries 2,407 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 I am really intrigued to try the newest Windows Beta (would love to have the highlighter option). I am a productivity tools junkie, so I am not really concerned about a few glitches in a beta - that is why they are put out there.But I teach beginners Evernote and I wouldn't recommend they use beta software so I would be showing them the latest stable release when I train. Is it possible to run both the beta and the latest stable release? Any issues around trying this? I wouldn't have both open at the same time.Thanks,Last I knew, the Windows 5 beta could not be run on the same computer as the public version b/c they use the same database. I don't know if that is still true, but I'd guess it would be. Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,598 Posted September 3, 2013 Level 5* Share Posted September 3, 2013 Actually, the V5 client changes the database schema, if I recall correctly (can take some time on first installation), so it's probably not recommended to run them simultaneously, unless you use separate database files. I wouldn't do this lightly, but it might be interesting to find out whether it can be done. Link to comment
BurgersNFries 2,407 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Actually, the V5 client changes the database schema, if I recall correctly (can take some time on first installation), so it's probably not recommended to run them simultaneously, unless you use separate database files. I wouldn't do this lightly, but it might be interesting to find out whether it can be done.I re-read dlu's post (pinned in the beta section) & it said the new DB overwrites the old one. So it may be that once you get the beta up & running, a computer savvy person could install the public version & restore the public version database from a backup into a different directory. Link to comment
CaptainTime 94 Posted September 5, 2013 Author Share Posted September 5, 2013 Thank you. I notice the latest version is now released so I am installing it now. But in future it would be nice if I could have the fun of participating in the beta while maintaining a stable version for training. Link to comment
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