Can captivate 7 and Captivate 2017 be installed separately in the same machine?

[anuc]

Hello All,

I have  few trainings that were created using Captivate 7, which might need some content update in future. Now if I install Captivate 2017 I do not want to corrupt the older files trying to open them in the newer version. So can I have both Captivate 7 and Captivate 2017 in my laptop without any issues? Can they both both co exist?

Appreciate any comments/suggestion.

Thanks

Anu

[Lilybiri · Accepted solution]

No problem... you can have multipe versions of CP on one system, at least for perpetual licenses. For subscription licenses it is limited to 2.

[anuc]

Thank you. So if any files for Captivate 7 gets corrupted by any chance will an uninstall of the newer version fix that?

thanks

Anu

[Lilybiri]

I don't think so, but that is not related to having two versions of Captivate which are very different BTW. A corrupted file means that a slide or an object, eventually with attached actions is not functioning properly, has nothing to do with another version intalled.

[David Burnham HBA]

There is no problem having various version installs. I have Captivate 5, 5.5, 6, 7,8,9 and 2017 installed on a Win 7 box which I use to remediate and bring content forward to a later version. Clients still give me older projects and I generally open them in that version just to see how they were built. No problems at all as they are separate installs.

On my Win 10 training machines I have Captivate 6 - 2017. I have some clients who by choice tend not to want to spend the dollars to update earlier version, so when new staff are hired I ensure them that I can train them on the version that they have installed. Again no problems at all as they are separate installs.

Until recently I had Cap 2 - 4 on a Win xp box - but hey had to finally give it up.