Installing 2.80 DELETES 2.79 even if installed to a different folder #67965

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Paul Wanamaker · 2019-07-31T03:49:24+02:00

Paul Wanamaker commented

2019-07-31 03:49:24 +02:00

My 2.79 was installed to: C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender
So I installed 2.80 to: C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender2.80\

I don't know if I missed a prompt, but the 2.80 install deleted all the files in C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\ The ...Blender\2.79 folder was still there, but all the files in that tree were gone as well. As a result I could no longer open Blender 2.79 (which I need until all my addons are ready).

Fortunately I was able to copy C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\ from a backup.

System Information
Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.17134 64 Bits
Graphics card: GeForce GTX 970/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 419.35

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.80 (sub 75), branch: master, commit date: 2019-07-29 14:47, hash: f6cb5f5449
Worked: (optional)

Short description of error
Installing 2.80 Deletes the 2.79 installation

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
See Above

My 2.79 was installed to: C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\ So I installed 2.80 to: C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender2.80\ I don't know if I missed a prompt, but the 2.80 install deleted all the files in C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\ The ...Blender\2.79 folder was still there, but all the files in that tree were gone as well. As a result I could no longer open Blender 2.79 (which I need until all my addons are ready). Fortunately I was able to copy C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\ from a backup. **System Information** Operating system: Windows-10-10.0.17134 64 Bits Graphics card: GeForce GTX 970/PCIe/SSE2 NVIDIA Corporation 4.5.0 NVIDIA 419.35 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 2.80 (sub 75), branch: master, commit date: 2019-07-29 14:47, hash: `f6cb5f5449` Worked: (optional) **Short description of error** Installing 2.80 Deletes the 2.79 installation **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** See Above

Paul Wanamaker commented

2019-07-31 03:49:24 +02:00

Added subscriber: @Paul_W1

blender-admin commented

2019-07-31 03:49:24 +02:00

#67977 was marked as duplicate of this issue

matc commented

2019-07-31 09:48:59 +02:00

Added subscriber: @matc

matc commented

2019-07-31 09:48:59 +02:00

Both versions are available as zip files. You can find the zip file for 2.80 by clicking "macOS, Linux and other versions" on the download page. The zip file does not require any installation and will allow you to run Blender in parallel to an installed version.

William Reynish commented

2019-07-31 10:47:47 +02:00

Added subscriber: @marks-4

Mark Spink commented

2019-07-31 13:03:39 +02:00

Anyone know of any mirrors with 2.79b or 2.8 zip files to download? I'm having extremely little luck using the blender.org download links. (2.8 official release day: no real surprise there!) Got to 60 or 70 Megs downloaded then died about 4 times so far...

ChristopherAnderssarian commented

2019-08-05 17:41:53 +02:00

Added subscriber: @ChristopherAnderssarian

Wendell L YOUNG commented

2019-08-29 02:47:01 +02:00

Added subscriber: @wy32614

Wendell L YOUNG commented

2019-08-29 02:47:01 +02:00

Same Deal. Installed 64-bit Windows version of Blender 2.80 to C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.80, and it wiped out the 2.79 version installed at C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.79, including the "2.79" sub-folder of C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender. I need to run both versions until all previous work is converted to 2.80 or other platforms, including interactive BGE (Blender Game Engine) apps.

This is no way to welcome existing users to 2.80.

Additionally, I found it curious that, without asking, it adopted (many if not all that it could) of the 2.79 user preferences.

I would actually like to have 3 versions installed. 2.79 as I had it setup, 2.80 as it installed with 2.79 user preferences, and a pristine version of 2.80 that I could customize to my liking. As it is I have an install that has viewport "headers" at the bottom as in 2.79, when I was hoping to switch to the 2.80 convention (still?) of placing such "headers" at the top.

Same Deal. Installed 64-bit Windows version of Blender 2.80 to C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.80, and it wiped out the 2.79 version installed at C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\2.79, including the "2.79" sub-folder of C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender\. I need to run both versions until all previous work is converted to 2.80 or other platforms, including interactive BGE (Blender Game Engine) apps. This is no way to welcome existing users to 2.80. Additionally, I found it curious that, without asking, it adopted (many if not all that it could) of the 2.79 user preferences. I would actually like to have 3 versions installed. 2.79 as I had it setup, 2.80 as it installed with 2.79 user preferences, and a pristine version of 2.80 that I could customize to my liking. As it is I have an install that has viewport "headers" at the bottom as in 2.79, when I was hoping to switch to the 2.80 convention (still?) of placing such "headers" at the top.

matc commented

2019-08-30 16:51:25 +02:00

Blend files contain all layout information, including the placement of the headers. In the "File -> Open" dialog there is an option called "Load UI" that will ignore the layout information if unchecked.

Ray molenkamp commented

2019-08-30 16:54:29 +02:00

Added subscriber: @LazyDodo

Ray molenkamp commented

2019-08-30 16:54:29 +02:00

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Archived'

Ray molenkamp closed this issue

2019-08-30 16:54:29 +02:00

Ray molenkamp self-assigned this 2019-08-30 16:54:29 +02:00

Ray molenkamp commented

2019-08-30 16:54:29 +02:00

The 2.81 installer has been modified so it will install side by side with other versions you can find zip version of old versions here

The 2.81 installer has been modified so it will install side by side with other versions you can find zip version of old versions [here ](https://download.blender.org/release/)

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Installing 2.80 DELETES 2.79 even if installed to a different folder #67965