Installing cakewalk question

[Bassfaceus]

HI all..

I have cakewalk 2018.05 and it works flawlessly

but now i want to use the current cakewalk and

 use some of its features .

what i want to do is keep the old version and have the new version as well so if

something goes wrong with the new one

i can still have the old one to fall back on.

from what i was reading this should be possible

but when i go the bandlab  assistant  the only option is to UPDATE

which i dont want...how do i do what i want?

Thanks

PS heres a post i found regarding this issue..

sorry i dont know how to link to the post

But its from Skook Feb 6 2020

 

BandLab Assistant will install

an update if it determines the PC has the last version of CbB installed or

the full version of CbB if an older version of CbB is installed

Regardless, there is no need to uninstall CbB prior to updating.

 

according to that if i have an older version the installer

will install a new FULL version and by this 

i assume leaves the old one on there as well..which is what i want

Edited October 16, 2020 by Bassfaceus

[scook]

A few releases ago, BandLab started providing rollback installers. This is a good way to toggle between the current and previous releases but there is no rollback to 2018.05 so options are limited. Especially if you did not retain the 2018.05 full installer.

 

The easiest way to keep older versions live while keeping current is using Cakewalk Launchpad. This was one of the motivations for the tool.

It is available on my Google page.

After unzipping Cakewalk Launchpad into a folder on your PC, run the program and run Quick copy from the File menu.

Then run BA to update CbB.

After the update both the current version and the older version(s) are available to run from Cakewalk Launchpad.

Switch versions using using drop down in in the bottom left of Cakewalk Launchpad then run CbB from the File menu.

 

That said, trying to use versions older than 2020.04 along with 2020.04 and newer has issues. There were changes made to the resource files that cause some problems. The safest way to switch between versions older than 2020.04 and newer versions is backup and restore. Or uninstall and reinstall if the full installers are available.

 

 

[Bassfaceus]

thanks Scook

i just updated to the latest version and all seems good...fingers crossed