At 10:38 AM 04/26/2000, David Lewin wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* George, you suggested the other day that I ought to download 4.3 in one of its three formats. Can I invoke it in my machine AND leave myself the option to return to my 3.0.6 (32) Light version? I love what I have, and have read too much doom and gloom about all the things that (can) go wrong with 4.3 David Lewin London **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** David, here is what I recommend when upgrading from one version to another, to make sure you can still use the older version if you are not happy with the newer version. You can either install the latest version directly into the drive/directory where the older program is located, OR, install the newer version into a new drive/directory. The former allows the newer version to pick up all you settings, stored emails, etc. The latter starts you out with a "clean slate". IMHO, it's too much trouble to install into a new directory and then have to copy all the necessary files from the old directory to the new one. So, I recommend installing the new version directly over the top of the older version; however, that doesn't mean that you should lose the option of going back to the older version later. Here's how. BEFORE you install the newer version over the top of the older version, COPY everything in the directory to a safe place, so that if you later want to go back to the older version, you may do so. Example: If 3.0.6 resides in C:\Eudora (as an example), copy the ENTIRE C:\Eudora directory to somewhere, say, C:\Eudora306Save. Of course, you should create that directory first (the C:\Eudora306Save directory), before copying the files and data. Then, install the new 4.3 into the old directory where 3.0.6 was located. That way, if something happens and you need to go back to 3.0.6, all you have to do is rename C:\Eudora (containing the new 4.3) to something like C:\Eudora43, and then rename C:\Eudora306Save to C:\Eudora. This will get you back to the original 3.0.6 version, except that any email you received or sent, using the new 4.3, won't show up there. There are ways to pull the newly received and sent emails back into the 3.0.6 version directory, but they are just too complicated to worry about here. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER install a newer version of a program into the same directory as an older version WITHOUT first copying the ENTIRE directory, files, sub-directories and their files, to somewhere safe. Sometimes, you can, if you want to regress to an earlier version, merely reinstall the older version back into the original directory and have no problems; however, sometimes newer versions use different algorithms and database structures, and reverting to an older version will cause many problems, due to the differences in format. My advice? Copy everything in your older version directory to a safe place. Install the newer version into the original directory. Try it out. If you're satisfied, maybe 3-4 weeks down the road, delete the "safe place" directory. If you're NOT satisfied, delete the newer version directory and rename the "safe place" directory back to the original name. Confused? If so, post it here and we'll help you. Actually, I don't think that anyone who upgrades from ANY older version, like 3.0.6, will ever have any need to go back to it. Even if you use the FREE "Sponsored Mode, Free With Ads", you will quickly discover that the small, unobtrusive ads are no big thing. SgtGeorge SgtGeorge George W. Durman Knoxville, TN EUDORA-MAIL Listowner Archives of previous EUDORA-MAIL posts are located at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/EUDORA-MAIL-L/ (Copy and paste the above URL exactly as above. The address is "case-sensitive". If you have never used the Archives before, you will have to establish a UserName and Password. You will need only one User- Name and Password for all of Rootsweb, regardless of which Archives you are searching.)

George, thanks for your guidance, as always. It is very clear, and I will follow it. I cannot imagine how you find the time and patience to deal with all of this. I am most grateful David Lewin ------- The Search & Unite office attempts to help the many who suspect that despite the passage of so many years since World War II, someone may still exist "out there" http://remember.org/unite/

At 07:16 AM 4/27/00 -0700, David Lewin wrote: >George, thanks for your guidance, as always. It is very clear, and I will >follow it. >I cannot imagine how you find the time and patience to deal with all of >this. I am most grateful > >David Lewin It's simple, David. He loves it! Mari

George! I always make a copy of a current product before upgrading but I do have a question regarding the renaming of the EUDORA folders in order to revert to a prior version. If the new Eudora installation makes changes in the Registry, can we be sure that these changes will be compatible with a prior version? Simply renaming the folders to backout the new version won't alter the Registry. I would think that it would be safer to re-install the prior version. What are your thoughts? Mike >David, here is what I recommend when upgrading from one version to >another, to make sure you can still use the older version if you are not >happy with the newer version. >................... >................... >That way, if something happens and you need to go back to 3.0.6, all you >have to do is rename C:\Eudora (containing the new 4.3) to something like >C:\Eudora43, and then rename C:\Eudora306Save to C:\Eudora. > >This will get you back to the original 3.0.6 version, except that any >email you received or sent, using the new 4.3, won't show up there. There >are ways to pull the newly received and sent emails back into the 3.0.6 >version directory, but they are just too complicated to worry about here. Mike Miller Roanoke, VA [email protected]

At 04:41 PM 04/27/2000, Mike Miller wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* George! I always make a copy of a current product before upgrading but I do have a question regarding the renaming of the EUDORA folders in order to revert to a prior version. If the new Eudora installation makes changes in the Registry, can we be sure that these changes will be compatible with a prior version? Simply renaming the folders to backout the new version won't alter the Registry. I would think that it would be safer to re-install the prior version. What are your thoughts? Mike (snip) **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** Mike, if your Eudora is in C:\Eudora (as is mine), and you copy EVERYTHING in the old version to a safe place, then install the newer version on top of the older version in C:\Eudora, then all the Registry entries, will contain pointers to C:\Eudora. Then, if you decide to uninstall the newer version (which is still in C:\