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12-10-2019, 03:09 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Sweden
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Installing Reaper v6 over v5, bad idea?
I've been working with Reaper for some years now. But facing the new version 6, I'm thinking maybe I should clean it up a bit.
I'm on Windows, so in my C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\REAPER directory, I got a minor world of settings, presets, EEL plugins and scripts made by me or others etc etc. I don't have all that control over what is in there that I need and that is obsolete. That's my own shortcoming, not keeping a log of what I store and change in there, and not. I do back all of it up however.
I'm a little concerned about how this directory is growing, and now about to install Reaper v6 right over it. I'm wandering if anyone has got a better picture than me about how good of an idea that is, compared to cleaning out every trace of Reaper 5 from the system first?
I guess I'm eager to see Reaper 6, and not as eager to map out every present and resource in the Reaper user folder first.
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12-10-2019, 03:10 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Apr 2016
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Colox
I've been working with Reaper for some years now. But facing the new version 6, I'm thinking maybe I should clean it up a bit.
I'm on Windows, so in my C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\REAPER directory, I got a minor world of settings, presets, EEL plugins and scripts made by me or others etc etc. I don't have all that control over what is in there that I need and that is obsolete. That's my own shortcoming, not keeping a log of what I store and change in there, and not. I do back all of it up however.
I'm a little concerned about how this directory is growing, and now about to install Reaper v6 right over it. I'm wandering if anyone has got a better picture than me about how good of an idea that is, compared to cleaning out every trace of Reaper 5 from the system first?
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I had no issues install 6 over 5. You can always back up the directory.
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12-10-2019, 03:20 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada
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I have no issue with Reaper 6 installed on top of 5 either, but if it concerns you, then just back up your settings and anything you need to save, and wipe 5 completely and then put 6 on. I don't think it's necessary though.
Looking at my portable install, the whole thing is only 140MB.
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12-11-2019, 10:21 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Italy - Monza
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also possible to run a portable installation and export the whole configuration from 5 to 6.
This way allows you to keep both the versions and make all the necessary tests before definitively moving to the new one.
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12-11-2019, 08:35 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Oakland, CA
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I wouldn't worry about it, all preferences etc. are copied over into version 6.
If you decide you don't version 6, you just reinstall version 5 right over it, and you're back to where you were before.
This won't take more than 2 minutes.
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