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Is there a need to uninstall V1 before switching to V2?

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:32 pm
by pondfilter
This might be a dumb question, but I was wondering how I should go about installing V2.
I haven't downloaded V2 yet, neither the hobby or pro version, but I'm planning on buying the pro version.

I bought the V1 pro about half a year ago. Is it required or recommended to "uninstall" or remove V1 before installing V2?
Feel free to delete the thread once it's answered or something.

Thanks.

Re: Is there a need to uninstall V1 before switching to V2?

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 8:06 pm
by Chris
It's a good question.

Normally, there is no problem having V1 and V2 together. Some users may experience problems and we recommend trying to remove V1 in that case. But this is not typical.

If, however, you have RAM (memory) limitation, you may want to uninstall or at least just disable V1. This will free up some memory for SketchUp to use for other things.

Re: Is there a need to uninstall V1 before switching to V2?

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:06 pm
by pondfilter
When we say uninstalling, it's probably just removing the folder from the Plugins directory from SketchUp, right?
I hadn't thought about disabling yet haha, so that probably does the trick too. :oops:

Thanks for the fast reply!

Re: Is there a need to uninstall V1 before switching to V2?

Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:45 pm
by Fletch
V1 user manual has a section on properly uninstalling Twilight V1. But it should not be necessary.

Re: Is there a need to uninstall V1 before switching to V2?

Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 1:38 am
by Chris
pondfilter wrote:When we say uninstalling, it's probably just removing the folder from the Plugins directory from SketchUp, right?
For V1, yes. Though on Windows there is also an actual uninstaller you can find through the Control Panel.