Cannot change the installation folder on a PC that has Notes already installed

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I am trying to install Notes 8.5 on a PC that already has 6.5.6 installed in C:\Notes\ folder. There is no option to change this (the ‘Change’ button is greyed out) on the Installation Path Selection screen when installing 8.5. I need to keep 6.5.6 for support and development, so is there a workaround that will allow me to have both versions on the PC?

Thanks,

Steve Sherwood.

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Subject: Uninstall 6.5.6 first if your going to be changing program or data directories.

If you want to save most data you have you can move everything under the data directory to the new location following the uninstall and then run the new 8.5 install and point at the new directories…

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Subject: Registry

The best you can do is export the registry keys for [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Lotus\Notes]Then remove these entries.

After the installation you can import the keys again if you want. (Notes will work without the entries however)

Before installing a second Notes release you better rename the existing program and data directory to make sure the files will not overwritten. After the installation you can rename it back.

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Subject: Didn’t work…

Thanks Marcel,

I tried your suggestion of removing the registry keys and renaming the existing Notes 6.5 folder but the ‘Change’ button to select a different folder is still greyed out. The 8.5 installation actually creates a c:\notes folder. Under c:\notes\data\workspace\logs is LotusInstall.log, which contains the entry:

2009-06-05T09:16:53.53–8:00 UpgradeUtils/SetPathsFromRegistry: Program Path query returned C:\Notes

2009-06-05T09:16:53.53–8:00 UpgradeUtils/SetPathsFromRegistry: Data path query returned C:\Notes\data

2009-06-05T09:16:53.53–8:00 UpgradeUtils/SetPathsFromRegistry: MultiUser query returned 0

2009-06-05T09:16:53.53–8:00 SetProperty Success: UpgradeUtils/SetPathsFromRegistry (Line 3888) set ‘INSTALLDIR’ to ‘C:\Notes’ in MSI

2009-06-05T09:16:53.53–8:00 SetProperty Success: UpgradeUtils/SetPathsFromRegistry (Line 3889) set ‘PROGDIR’ to ‘C:\Notes’ in MSI

So maybe there are other registry entries affecting the installation options? I’ll investigate further when I have more time.

Regards,

Steve Sherwood.