Installing on 2 different versions of SU on same computer

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PRSS
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Installing on 2 different versions of SU on same computer

Post by PRSS » Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:57 am

Hello all

I already have TwilightRender version V1.4 installed & activated on my computer in SketchUP 8 (Free) and in SketchUP 2014 Pro.(not upgrading to 2015).
OS is Windows 7.1 Pro.

I am now ready to purchase TwilightRender Version V2.3 Pro immediately.

My question is:
1) Whether I would have problem if I installed V2.3 along with the existing V1.4 (without uninstalling V1.4)

2) Whether I would have problem installing 2 instances of Version V2.3 on the same computer and on
two different versions of SketchUP - Google Sketchup 8 (Free) and SketchUP 2014 Pro ?
Right now version 1.4/1.4.5 is functioning well in both the SU versions.

So on the same computer, Version V1.4 as well as V2.3 will be there on both SU8 & SU 2014.
Will this be quite fine? If I would encounter any problems, what would be the problems?

Thanks in advance.
PRSS

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Re: Installing on 2 different versions of SU on same compute

Post by Chris » Fri Jul 17, 2015 2:22 pm

First, having V1 and V2 installed for the same version of SketchUp is perfectly ok. They should work separately without any problem. However, if you start to see performance problems or find SketchUp is using more memory than you would like, you may want to deactivate V1. You can deactivate plugins without actually installing them under Window -> Preferences -> Extensions.

Second, V2 installs differently than V1. With V1, the full plugin is installed separately for each version of SketchUp. With V2, only one installation is made (in the Program Files directory) and a small file is added to the plugins folder of each version of SketchUp that points it to the right location. So when you install V2 it will ask you to choose the versions of SketchUp you would like to install to and you can choose multiple ones.

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Re: Installing on 2 different versions of SU on same compute

Post by PRSS » Fri Jul 17, 2015 4:44 pm

Thank you very much Chris. That clears my doubts.

I shall now straight away purchase V2.3 Pro

Thanking you once again
PRSS

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Re: Installing on 2 different versions of SU on same compute

Post by PRSS » Sat Jul 18, 2015 2:21 am

Thanks again Chris. Bought and installed. Working great !

Best regards
PRSS

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