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Running 17.2 and 17.4 on the same system.

Lennie
Lennie over 5 years ago

Can you run version 17.2 and 17.4 on the same system ? 

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  • steve
    steve over 5 years ago

    Yes - the install paths are different, C:\Cadence\SPB_17.2 and C:\Cadence\SPB_17.4. You have different icons and they will point to different locations of the exe's

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  • shuchen2
    shuchen2 over 5 years ago in reply to steve

    Could we somehow change the default version associated to .mcm or .brd files? it seems like changing the CDSROOT system variable does not help. Thanks!

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  • shuchen2
    shuchen2 over 5 years ago in reply to steve

    Could we somehow change the default version associated to .mcm or .brd files? it seems like changing the CDSROOT system variable does not help. Thanks!

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  • RFinley
    RFinley over 5 years ago in reply to shuchen2

    I've always done that by selecting a BRD file, then  >OpenWith >Choose Another App.

    Don't forget to review the checkbox if you want to change the association with the filename extension.

    For reference, here are the paths.

    C:\Cadence\SPB_16.6\tools\pcb\bin\allegro.exe

    C:\Cadence\SPB_17.2\tools\bin\allegro.exe

    C:\Cadence\SPB_17.4\tools\bin\allegro.exe

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