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m7400
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August 6, 2022
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Question re: backups of previous Elements versions

  • August 6, 2022
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I have Elements 2020, but I have had several previous versions over the years in which I saved all my photos. Am I able to open those previous versions and look at the photos there? Will have I have to import the whole backup to the the Elements 2020 version? I don't want to do that. I'm mainly using Elements now for when I want to edit a photo in more detail, so I'm not importing all photos to it. Thank you. 

 

And thanks also for the help with suddenly not being able to open up Elements 2020. For some reason, I had to download the Creative Cloud thingy, but that did help me to get on. So thanks for that advice! 

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MichelBParis
MichelBParis
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August 6, 2022
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I have Elements 2020, but I have had several previous versions over the years in which I saved all my photos. Am I able to open those previous versions and look at the photos there? Will have I have to import the whole backup to the the Elements 2020 version? I don't want to do that.


By @m7400

 

All you can do with each of those backups is to restore them (with conversion to PSE2020 when needed) - media and related catalog - to a new destination.

No way to browse the contents before the restore.

No necessity to import anything in the current catalog, both catalogs are independent.

A restore may require several hours for a big library and a lot of disk space. It's up to you to judge if that is worth the trouble, and if yes, if you should keep the restore just in case.

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m7400Author
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August 7, 2022

Just what I needed to know.

 

Thanks so much!

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