Upgrade/update from Power Tools 1.4

kam

I purchased V1.4 just over a year ago and found it excellent - no problems, did just what I wanted. I've just realised that things have moved on, and that new releases and products are available. It all started when I clicked on the Internet Update button in V1.4. I got the message -

"You are currently using version : 1.4.1.128

The latest version is : 1.5.xxx (upgrade, don't install over old version)"

So I clicked the 'Update' button on that dialogue box and it offered a new message -

"The version you are using is rather new so you can install the new version on top of the old one"

Anyway it then offered a download of an installation executable which I saved. I ran the exe and pointed it towards my existing V1.4 installation directory. It seemed to install OK, so I ran Power Tools, but guess what - it was still V1.4.1.128. So next I uninstalled this entirely and re-installed the exe a second time to a fresh directory. Now when it runs it tells me it's V1.5 (i.e. jv16 PT 2005) but it's only a 30-day trial. I've tried using my old licence file to enable it using both 'Install a New Licence' and 'Autofind a Licence'. Install New seems to complete but has no effect, Autofind tells me it can't find one.

I have now uninstalled the 30-day trial and gone back to my full functioning V1.4 (yes, fortunately I had kept the old installation exe despite it having same name as the new one) and it all works. But ... what did I do wrong? Was what I was attempting impossible? I thought I'd understood the prompts correctly.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

Ken

kam

Don't bother replying.

I've searched a bit further and re-interpreted "The version you are using is rather new so you can install the new version on top of the old one" message. When you read it, it doesn't actually suggest that the new version is a free upgrade. It just says where it can be installed. But I've now located the price list and see there is an upgrade licence. So I'll assume now that this is what I need to purchase. No problems with doing that: I reckon I've had my money's worth out of the previous release (and it's not as if it's stopped working after all.) The process just wasn't as intuitive as my microbrain needs it to be. Now, if the message had said "Hey, new upgrade available at rock-bottom price" I could have handled that.

But if the upgrade licence doesn't do it for me, I'll be back.

Regards

Ken

redseujac

Indeed ... you have to buy an new (upgrade) license for jv16PT2005.

The former license for version 1.4 is not valid for the new program.

I think there will be no problems installing the new version with the (upgrade) license.