Does upgrading require uninstallation?

[lwc]

This is a common question to be found in FAQs so please add it to your FAQ.

Possible answers:
1) Always uninstall first the old version.
2) Don't uninstall only if it's the same major number (e.g. uninstall when upgrading v1=>v2, but not when upgrading v2.64=>v2.71 even though, say, v2.71 stores the fake registry changes inside the real registry and not in a file like v2.64. Also, it uses whole other methods to work in general).
3) Trust the author and just never bother uninstalling. Outdated components would always be stopped and deleted, etc.

Thanks!

[lwc]

Anyone? I even made it a multiple choices' question...

[Unknown_User_567]

did the newer version come with a readme file that has the answer?

i only have one version of sandboxie, and it came with license.txt.

[lwc]

Newer versions come as EXE. What you're telling me is to run the installation and after it's installed maybe there's a readme that tells me how to properly install...

[tzuk]

Upgrade is one of the three ways the installer can do its thing, in addition to Install and Remove.

With Sandboxie, you should always try to upgrade first.

Taking the uninstall+re-install route will accomplish that too, but you will lose your Sandboxie configuration along the way.

[Guest]

Taking the uninstall+re-install route will accomplish that too, but you will lose your Sandboxie configuration along the way.

If I save my config file to another directory first, can I uninstall/re-install Sandboxie and then just replace the ini file?

Or are there critical changes in the structure of the ini file for version 2.72 that are different from 2.64?

I always like to have a clean install whenever possible.

Thanks.

[lwc]

So when you provide an upgrade option, does it mean it's smart enough to even let me upgrade from v1 to v100 and would always stop and delete unneeded parts from the old version?

[RonC]

For previous discussion on a similar topic, see
http://sandboxie.com/phpbb/viewtopic.ph ... highlight=

Tzuk's software is better behaved than most, so if he says,"upgrade" is OK, you can believe it. There's some safety from the fact that each build and upgrade is under the control of the same author.

However, if you have had traumatic experiences in the past with other programs, you will be more comfortable with the full uninstall followed by a reinstall.

With any software that hasn't proven itself, I also follow the "clean slate" principle (Windows uninstall first, followed by ChkCtrl5 uninstall, just to make sure, followed by fresh install). It can be surprising what the second uninstall picks up with some software (but not with Sandboxie).