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Topic: Switch between builds
I am thinking of the most efficient and least risky method of switching between builds of VDJ.
One way would of course be to run the installation package and uninstall the not wanted.
But would it also be OK to just replace the .EXE file in Windows/program files?
 
Posted Fri 07 Jul 23 @ 7:53 am
Yes. I do that and there are no issues.

Do bear in mind the contents of the settings.xml file can change for newer builds but it's OK going back the way.
 
Posted Fri 07 Jul 23 @ 8:10 am
Ah thanks.
So ideally I should save a settings.xml for each build aswell ?
 
Posted Fri 07 Jul 23 @ 8:24 am
Depends on what you're actually doing.

I would suggest using the full or auto install going up builds, but if you want to go back the way then just replacing the exe is fine.
 
Posted Fri 07 Jul 23 @ 8:50 am
No the settings file wil generally be fine. Entries that the older version doesn't understand will simply be ignored
 
Posted Fri 07 Jul 23 @ 8:26 pm
That's what I was trying to say. But newer builds may require additional entries for any new features added.
 
Posted Fri 07 Jul 23 @ 9:10 pm
Is there a way to extract the .EXE file from the installationpackage without running the install ?
 
Posted Sun 09 Jul 23 @ 10:36 am
Search Google, there are programs to do this.
 
Posted Sun 09 Jul 23 @ 10:59 am
Mobile Zombie wrote :
Is there a way to extract the .EXE file from the installationpackage without running the install ?

No need to do that. Simply rename the currently installed exe before installing the new one
I did a video on it a while back
 
Posted Sun 09 Jul 23 @ 2:18 pm