Running both 2.0.05 and 2.1

LightBurn Software Questions
1

I’m curious to try these and see how they work.

What’s the best way to keep and continue using 2.0.05 while testing 2.1 on the same computer?

2

The only practical way is to use the pre-release version of 2.1. Pre-releases always run alongside with the stable version.

You might also be able to select a different install location while installing. I never tried this :slight_smile:

3

Thanks Melvin

That’s usually my go to method. Some software will automatically delete the old version and I’m not sure if LB is one of them.

4

You can do this but they will still use the same prefs. Which would be bad - 2.0 will just remove things from 2.1 that it doesn’t understand.

So install to a different directory as suggested but then go to that directory and make a shortcut to the LightBurn.exe file
Edit the link and add --prefsdir <new_prefs_path> replacing the path with something reasonable.

It will then store 2.1’s prefs at that location and not interfere with the 2.0 version.

5

That worked, thanks.

Now on to testing the new version

6

Update:

I exported the Bundle from 2.0.05 then imported it into 2.1 and everything worked as expected. In other words all settings are the same in both versions.