Version5 & Version6 Coexistence

[nc_usenet]

Can I install the Ver.6 Beta in a separate directory and keep all of my headers/settings/filters/etc separate between the two versions?
I don't want the Beta to change anything in V5.
Thanks

[richy99]

the beta installs over thw top but preserves the spool_v1 folder which are you stored headers

[Quade]

The headers already exist in different folders. It's doable, two NBI's 2 shortcuts, 2 data folders.

Might need to make a copy of the current 5.59 install folder.

[nc_usenet]

Well - it seems to be working fine. I have both V5 & V6 running simultaneously and hopefully did not "pooch" my setup in the process.
It seems that in V6, even after modifying NewsBin.ini Datapath variable, the file GuiItems.db3 is still created in the original data folder.

Here are the steps I used (most are in the V550-Advanced Help) - please let me know if there was a better/easier way to do this:
Install V5
[*]Create a new folder for V5 Program & data files: \NewsBin V5
[*]Copy all of the files from the original program install folder and data folder to this new folder
[*]Edit the Newsbin.NBI Data Path to point to \NewsBin V5
[*]Create/Modify a shortcut to point to the V5 Newsbin exe and config file. For ex: "G:\NewsBin V5\nbpro.exe" "G:\Newsbin V5\NewsBin.nbi"

Install V6 (would only install to the same folder that V5 was installed to)
[*]Create a new folder for V6 Data: \Newsbin V6 Data
[*]Copy all of the files from the original V6 data folder to this new folder
[*]Edit the Newsbin.NBI Data Path to point to \NewsBin V6 Data
[*]Create/Modify a shortcut to point to the V6 Newsbin exe and config file. For ex: "G:\NewsBin\nbpro.exe" "G:\Newsbin V6 Data\NewsBin.nbi"
[*]Start V6 & import the V5 headers (running this right now)

Now I can keep my stable V5, and continue to experiment with any new Beta releases.

Thanks for the help.

[Quade]

Fine way to do it.

[KilJaden]

Install V5
[*]Create a new folder for V5 Program & data files: \NewsBin V5
[*]Copy all of the files from the original program install folder and data folder to this new folder
[*]Edit the Newsbin.NBI Data Path to point to \NewsBin V5
[*]Create/Modify a shortcut to point to the V5 Newsbin exe and config file. For ex: "G:\NewsBin V5\nbpro.exe" "G:\Newsbin V5\NewsBin.nbi"

Install V6 (would only install to the same folder that V5 was installed to)
[*]Create a new folder for V6 Data: \Newsbin V6 Data
[*]Copy all of the files from the original V6 data folder to this new folder
[*]Edit the Newsbin.NBI Data Path to point to \NewsBin V6 Data
[*]Create/Modify a shortcut to point to the V6 Newsbin exe and config file. For ex: "G:\NewsBin\nbpro.exe" "G:\Newsbin V6 Data\NewsBin.nbi"
[*]Start V6 & import the V5 headers (running this right now)

I used the same setup since the first alpha and it does work