Upgrade to V6
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 9:00 pm
PDF-XChange V6 has introduced changes to the MSI installers that will make upgrades to future versions smoother.
We strongly recommend that network installs use the MSI installers over the exe installers because of their better management of installation parameters.
By design, V5.5 to V6 upgrades will replace the Editor but NOT PDF-Tools, the Print Driver or Office2PDF, these applications are intended to be able to be installed concurrently. If you wish to replace a Pro Bundle completely, removing all old versions, you will need to first uninstall the old version before running the new. If you have used MSI installers this is simple to achieve across a domain using WMIC and PowerShell:
This has been tested and works well to remove all MSI instances of Tracker Software and installs a clean V6. It does not handle exe installed instances.
We strongly recommend that network installs use the MSI installers over the exe installers because of their better management of installation parameters.
By design, V5.5 to V6 upgrades will replace the Editor but NOT PDF-Tools, the Print Driver or Office2PDF, these applications are intended to be able to be installed concurrently. If you wish to replace a Pro Bundle completely, removing all old versions, you will need to first uninstall the old version before running the new. If you have used MSI installers this is simple to achieve across a domain using WMIC and PowerShell:
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#Uninstall old Versions
wmic product where "Vendor like '%Tracker Software%'" call uninstall
#Install new V6 Version
if($env:Processor_Architecture -eq "x86")
{msiexec /i \\UNC\path\to\ProV6.x86.msi /qn /norestart TRANSFORMS=\\UNC\path\to\PDFXChangeV6x86.mst}
else
{msiexec /i \\UNC\path\to\ProV6.x64.msi /qn /norestart TRANSFORMS=\\UNC\path\to\PDFXChangeV6x64.mst}