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ElQuia

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Upgrade Method, licensing quirks
« on: April 04, 2010, 04:16:14 pm »

OK guys, went for the upgrade, I am now licensed for ver 15, previous owner of 13.

Just an observation: ITS TOO COMPLICATED!!!. I had uninstalled 13 and was trying 14, had to:
1. Uninstall 14, previoulsy exporting database
2. Reinstall 13
3. Do the upgrade purchase (it went OK)
4. Restore database and settings
5. Uninstall 13

Whyyyy is it so complicated  ? , installing and uninstalling software in windows is ALWAYS risky!!!

It would be so easy to have to log in an online database, with licence credentials, pay and get a new licence without having to go trough ALL those steps!!

Any way, its done, and 15 IS looking GOOD  ;D  ;D  ;D
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gvanbrunt

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Re: Upgrade Method, licensing quirks
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2010, 09:02:33 pm »

You can have more than one version of MC running on a computer at a time. There is no reason to uninstall 13 to try out 14 etc.. They work fine. I frequently have 3 versions at a time on my computer...
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ElQuia

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Re: Upgrade Method, licensing quirks
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2010, 09:38:14 pm »

You can have more than one version of MC running on a computer at a time. There is no reason to uninstall 13 to try out 14 etc.. They work fine. I frequently have 3 versions at a time on my computer...


gvanbrunt, ok I understand that, but it should be optional, I for one like to suppoprt people who make software I use by paying (what else haha) but there ARE easier methods than this one!-.

Any way, itīs just a suggestion for the team.  ;D
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marko

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Re: Upgrade Method, licensing quirks
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2010, 11:17:26 am »

I could be wrong here, but I have a strong feeling that uninstalling v13 does not remove your v13 license, meaning that your v15 upgrade would most likely have went without a hitch without requiring you to reinstall v13.

-marko

JimH

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Re: Upgrade Method, licensing quirks
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2010, 11:23:03 am »

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