Upgrade to 4.2

Hello,

I have been using 4.1 for some time now and we have recently received our
upgrade to 4.2. When I was at the ESC show earlier this year I did get an
eval copy of 4.2 and attempted to install it. The installation kept failing
so I decided to wait until (a) I really needed 4.2 and (b) I received the
production copy of the code. I tried to uninstall 4.2 after its failed
install and that failed too!

So, here I am needing to install the production 4.2 in the next few weeks to
make use of some of the new features for my project. I am nervous about
installing it alongside 4.1, especially since I already have a "partial" 4.2
install there. Mostly I am nervous because I can not afford to screw up my
4.1 at this stage of my project. Can anyone advise and maybe give
instructions on how to clean off the partial 4.2 before installing the
production code? Or should I attempt to install the production code over the
partial?

Any help would be much appreciated,
Sid.

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Tweeeek
Mon Oct 20 05:38:28 CDT 2003

Hi
As a rule I wouldn't have 4.1 and 4.2 running on the same partition, there
have been some previous posts regarding this and there is a MS document
(can't remember the URL). Basically the message I got was that although 4.1
and 4.2 may function on the same partition there may be problems with shared
paths files etc. And If you decided to Uninstall 4.1. or 4.2 then the
remaining copy maybe rendered useless. Its not worth the hassle, I have
different versions (3.0, 4.1, 4.2) of Platform Builder running on different
partitions on my harddrive and haven't had any problems and it works well.

"Sid Price" <noname@noname.com> wrote in message
news:OKHAO2YlDHA.392@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hello,
>
> I have been using 4.1 for some time now and we have recently received our
> upgrade to 4.2. When I was at the ESC show earlier this year I did get an
> eval copy of 4.2 and attempted to install it. The installation kept
failing
> so I decided to wait until (a) I really needed 4.2 and (b) I received the
> production copy of the code. I tried to uninstall 4.2 after its failed
> install and that failed too!
>
> So, here I am needing to install the production 4.2 in the next few weeks
to
> make use of some of the new features for my project. I am nervous about
> installing it alongside 4.1, especially since I already have a "partial"
4.2
> install there. Mostly I am nervous because I can not afford to screw up my
> 4.1 at this stage of my project. Can anyone advise and maybe give
> instructions on how to clean off the partial 4.2 before installing the
> production code? Or should I attempt to install the production code over
the
> partial?
>
> Any help would be much appreciated,
> Sid.
>
> --
> Sid Price's Software Tools
> Tools for Embedded Systems Development
> http://www.softtools.com
>
>