Ah. First, I now realize what a Metafile to EPS converter is, which I would guess is used if pasting in, for example, a chart from Excel into LyX. Is that right? I generate all my images in EPS format via Matlab so it is not something I would notice if it went missing.
Second, I found the metafile2eps.exe file in C:\Program Files\LyX16\bin. If a similar file is installed for LyX 2.0 and then LyX 2.0 is uninstalled, would this necessarily be a problem for LyX 1.6? Is a reference to the most recently installed version stored somewhere like the registry? Thanks, Ken On 8 May 2011 13:27, Ken <kmai...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the reply. > > Yes, I do use EPS figures in my document. Where is the virtual printer > "metafile to eps converter" saved/stored in Windows XP? > > Thanks, > Ken > > On 8 May 2011 12:49, Jim Oldfield <jim_...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> >> >> >> >>> From: Ken <kmai...@gmail.com> >>> >>> I believe all settings are stored in C:\Documents and >>> Settings\Ken\Application Data\lyx16 for 1.6 so assume an entirely >>> different set of settings will be stored in a folder for 2.0. Is this >>> correct? Are there other settings/folders which are used by 2.0 which >>> might interfere with my current 1.6 settings? >>> >> >> >> Yes, also known as %APPDATA%\lyx16. LyX 2.0 stores its settings in >> %APPDATA%\LyX2.0. Some settings are also stored in the registry (mostly what >> position on the screen windows were left in), but these are also separated by >> major version. >> >> The only possible conflict I think of that both install the virtual printer >> "metafile to eps converter", which helps with including graphics in LyX >> documents. Installing both isn't a problem, but I'm not sure what happens >> when >> you *uninstall* one of them - perhaps this printer gets removed? I'm not >> sure. >> If this happens though (assuming you use graphics and even notice), an >> uninstall/reinstall of the remaining version should fix it. To make sure your >> settings are unaffected, uncheck "delete settings" when uninstalling. >> >> Jim >> >
