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jonnymray
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July 3, 2023
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Can you run Robohelp 2017 and 2022 on the same PC?

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Hi, I currently have Robohelp 2017 installed and want to install a trial version of 2022. Is it possible to have both versions on the same PC? i.e. will 2022 install over the top of 2017? Been going round in circles trying to find this info (it seems any path leads to the same info about upgrading projects instead), so any advice much appreciated.

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    Peter Grainge
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    Peter GraingeCommunity Expert
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    July 3, 2023

    I think that has been covered but the answer is yes they can both be on the same machine. I have 2019, 2020 and 2022 on one machine and they all work fine.

     

    However, it is not a case of installing 2022 over the top of 2017. Each version installs separately and in this case they are very different products. Look at the RoboHelp Tour Introduction (grainge.org) on my site and in particular RH2022 The User Interface (grainge.org). There's a learning curve.

     

    You will be able to upgrade a 2017 project without affecting the 2017 copy. In 2022 you select File > Upgrade and a new project is created. You can then play with that but make your real changes in 2017 until you are ready. If you do make changes in 2017 before you are ready to commit, you will need to upgrade again losing anything you changed in 2022 while playing with it. The plus side is you can play with 2022 without affecting your 2017 version.

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    My site www.grainge.org includes many free Authoring and RoboHelp resources that may be of help.

     

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    jonnymrayAuthor
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    July 3, 2023

    Thanks Peter, much appreciated. Yes, I saw that the interfaces were entirely different, but couldn't find anything anywhere saying the exe's (and associated files) were also different. (I did search all the support pages, FAQs, and this forum before posting as I didn't want to waste anyone's time but mine, but nothing came up.) Thanks for the links to your pages, I'll be sure to check them out.

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