Don Spam's Reckless Son wrote:
As Mark suggested,
- uninstall the 32-bit version (this is essential)
- install the 64-bit version
If you need to go back then you will have to uninstall the 64-bit and
reinstall the 32-bit versions.
You can have as many versions of SM available on the HDD as you have
space for. I currently have ten. And, you can run them all from the
same profile or each from it's own.
The only caveat is, some versions alter the profile so that it does not
have the same information as the previous and so the previous version
might not work as expected with a later profile.
This is more an issue now than in the past. When SM went from 1X to 2X
it was done "out loud", so we knew not to mix 1X and 2X. And, it was
done at a major break. Back then I once ran twenty versions from the
same profile while searching for the date and time of a bug insertion,
with no issues.
Now those changes are done "quietly". However, depending on what test
run you are doing the change may not matter. But if you want to run
several versions from the same profile and not get bit by changes, it is
easy to create a batch file to delete the profile and replace it from an
archive. A later version will make whatever changes it needs to a
previous profile. That includes missing pieces. So you can give SM a
piece of a profile and it will create the rest.
Oh yea, you do need to get the profile(s) away from he app and off
somewhere in neutral territory and then point to them. And, if you get
mail files off in a third location, they will be protected from damage
or loss. And then a couple more batch files will easily back up
profiles and mail to other locations making the whole thing bomb proof.
Ray
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