Upgrading from previous releases, Maintaining multiple releases of toolbox – GE Industrial Solutions Control System Toolbox For AV-300, DV-300, AV-300i (AVDV Series) Drives User Manual

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Chapter 3 Using the Toolbox

GEH-6405A Toolbox for an AVDV Series Drive

Upgrading from Previous Releases

Note

To upgrade to Version 5 of the toolbox, it is recommended that you first

uninstall any previous version of toolbox.

Maintaining Multiple Releases of Toolbox

To maintain different releases of the toolbox on a single system, consider the
following:

Multiple versions of Release 5 cannot be installed on one system. The
installation directory for Release 5 of the toolbox is chosen only once, the first
time that the Control System Solutions products are installed. The default
directory is C:\Program Files\GE Control System Solutions.

There is only one set of toolbox options settings for a given user on a given
computer.
There are several toolbox options settings that may need to be
unique to a particular release of toolbox. For example, Release 4 of the toolbox
would probably need a different directory setting for standard library .tre files
than that of Release 5. In order to use multiple releases, it is recommended to
use different user accounts for each release.

Opening a toolbox file from the Windows Explorer is not recommended if
multiple copies of toolbox are installed.
When you open a file from the
Windows Explorer, the application that starts up depends on what is registered
for that file type. Releases of toolbox prior to Release 5 register each time they
execute. Release 5 of toolbox, however, registers only at installation.

Modifying a toolbox file can make the file unusable to older releases of
toolbox
. A warning dialog displays when the toolbox opens a file that was
written by a previous release. Do not save the file if it must be used by the
previous release.

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