Posted by Peter Cross on April 28, 2010 at 12:48 PM
I currently run PSE 7 but also have PSE 6 installed. I had thought when I installed the new one the older would have been automatically unistalled. I've been reluctant to unistall 6 thinking that some date, etc. on images from 6 would cause me some problems. Is it safe for me to unistall PSE 6? Thanks for any insights.
Peter
I had PS6 and CS2 installed side-by-side. When I decided to uinstall PS6, I created a Windows restore point first, just in case. The uninstall went nicely, and I had no problems in CS2.
Be sure to back up your image files, and shut down running apps; especially your PSE apps.
--P.
Posted by Jim Bullard on April 29, 2010 at 8:02 AM
I'm assuming that Elements works the same as PS itself. The only reason an upgrade needs the earlier version is as verification that you owned the earlier version. I have installed upgrades to new computers where the earlier version was on the old machine. When the upgrade installer can't find the old version it asks for the registration key of the software being upgraded. I was instructed by Adobe's help line to just provide that and the old version need not be present on that hard drive for the new installation to work. The "Upgrade" isn't actually using any of the files from the prior version so it would be safe to remove the prior version.
As for your image files, by default they do not reside in the PS or PSE folders anyway nor should you be saving them to the PS program folder. If you use "Uninstall" to remove your earlier PS/PSE it will remove the program files but not any of the user files so your photos are safe. However Preston's advice to back up your photos is good as a general rule though even if you aren't removing any programs from you computer. 'Stuff happens' so you should always have backup copies. My recommendation is an external USB hard drive with an auto backup program that tracks and backs up the folder(s) where you do store your photos. If you want to be ultra safe you should also copy your original files to CD/DVD for off-site storage.
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2 repliesPeter
Be sure to back up your image files, and shut down running apps; especially your PSE apps.
--P.
As for your image files, by default they do not reside in the PS or PSE folders anyway nor should you be saving them to the PS program folder. If you use "Uninstall" to remove your earlier PS/PSE it will remove the program files but not any of the user files so your photos are safe. However Preston's advice to back up your photos is good as a general rule though even if you aren't removing any programs from you computer. 'Stuff happens' so you should always have backup copies. My recommendation is an external USB hard drive with an auto backup program that tracks and backs up the folder(s) where you do store your photos. If you want to be ultra safe you should also copy your original files to CD/DVD for off-site storage.