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dump question about Elements versions

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Posted by John Klotz on June 22, 2009 at 1:45 AM
Ok here goes on the theory there is no dumb question except the one you dont ask before hitting the remove button. I have on my computer Light Room 2.0, Elements 4.0, 5.0 and I just got E7 today. All seems to be co existing just fine. I have not yet installed E7. I would like to remove the 2 older versions of Elements and think it should not lose any images processed in E4 and E5 correct?
Thanks!
John
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Posted by John Mumaw on June 22, 2009 at 9:24 AM
You can safely remove the previous versions of Elements after you install v.7 as the Organizer will recognize your previously edited images.

Glad you had a great Father's Day! You deserved it.
Posted by Mel Ladewig on June 22, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Technically you can remove the old versions of Elements first (and I would recommend this course of action). If you are using Elements Organizer, there are catalog files associated with that. You can copy them out of the Elements directory when Elements is closed if you wish to retain them. You probably don't since you've now installed Lightroom. I would assume that you're only using the Elements Editor in this configuration. Once they've been copied out, then you can uninstall Elements.

Then install the new version of Elements. I recommend this course to reduce the chance of removing shared library files (.DLL).
Posted by John Klotz on June 22, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Thanks guys! Is there a way to turn off the organizer in elements sinc eI do have LR?
Posted by John Mumaw on June 22, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Sure.
Just locate the application file for Organizer in the Photoshop Elements folder (PhotoshopElementsOrganizer) and remove it.