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HELP Notes for PSPXII
Submitted by Jemima from info supplied by Tammy at PSPGoodies

Found this info some people may find interesting regarding trouble some have been having with newer versions of PSP such as PSP 12

Hope someone finds this useful......Hugs - Tammy ! ! !

001 PSP X2 Installation Notes
Here are several areas of caution that you should consider before and during
the installation of PSP X2:

Associating File Formats:
The standard installation associates five common file formats with PSP X2: JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, and TIFF. Clear the check marks for all of these unless you are sure that you want PSP X2 to replace whatever program now launches when you double click one of these files in My Computer. You can always associate PSP X2 with these file types later using
File >> Preferences >> File Format Associations.

Avoiding conflicts with previous versions of PSP:
If you have PSP 9, PSP X, and/or PSP XI installed, and you did not set up customized folders for user files for those versions, the standard installation for PSP X2 will commingle resource files (tubes, scripts, brushes, etc.) with the PSP 9, X, and/or XI resources in
"C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\My Documents\My PSP Files\."
Though intended to make it easy to migrate from previous versions, this choice entails a risk for previous version users in that some resources created in PSP X2 will not run in prior versions, but will appear in those versions' lists of scripts, brushes, etc. Likewise, modifying some prior version resources in PSP X2 may render them unusable in the earlier versions.

How to prevent these conflicts:
During the PSP X2 installation, after the License Agreement and Personal Information screens, you will get the "Ready to Install the Program" screen.
On this screen, click on the "Advanced" button in the bottom, left corner of the screen
(red arrow below):

This will activate a dialog in which you can change the location for your personally
created files:

Click the "Change" button (blue arrow above) to change this location from
"My PSP Files" to something like "My PSP X2 Files".
Press the "Install" button when you are ready to install PSP X2.

After your PSP X2 installation is complete and running well, you can copy any
previous version resources that you want into the folders under "My PSP X2 Files",
or use the File >> Preferences >> File Locations dialog
to make the previous version files available to PSP X2.

Associating File Formats:
The standard installation may associate four or five common file formats with
PSP X2: JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, and TIFF.
Clear the check marks for all of these
(also on the dialog that is activated when you click the "Advanced" button - see second screen above) unless you are sure that you want PSP X2 to replace whatever program now launches when you double click one of these files in My Computer.
You can always associate PSP X2 with these file types later using
File >> Preferences >> File Format Associations.

Yahoo! Toolbar with Pop-Up Blocker:
On the "Ready to Install the Program" screen (first screen shown above), and at the end of the install, on the "InstallShield Wizard Completed" screen, you are invited to install the Yahoo! Toolbar with Pop-Up Blocker. If you do not want the Yahoo! Toolbar with Pop-Up Blocker, be sure to UNcheck this option in BOTH locations.

If you decide to install the Yahoo! Toolbar, you may find it difficult to remove. Microsoft has published an article titled "How to Uninstall or Turn off the Yahoo! Companion Browser Toolbar" at http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=303047.
It says "... You may be unable to remove it or hide it.
You may be unable to hide the toolbar when you click Toolbars on the View menu.
There may be no entry for Yahoo in "Add/Remove Programs."
The article goes on to give directions for removing the toolbar.
If the toolbar is appealing, you can always get it directly from Yahoo! After installing PSP X2.

002 Retaining Previous Versions of PSP
Installing PSP X2 does not interfere with older versions of PSP if you choose the right options during installation. Each version of PSP is a separate program, and several versions can run side by side. You may wish to keep the previous version, at least until you know whether you will miss the features omitted in PSP X2 and you have copied any resources (tubes, scripts, brushes, etc.) that you want.
There is one area where there may be some overlapping between PSP XI and PSP X2 which you might want to check on. I noticed on my system that the AutoSave file location and file name was identical in PSP XI and PSP X2. This is not a good thing, and should be changed.

To change the location for the PSP X2 AutoSave files:

01: Choose File >> Preferences >> File Locations.
02: Scroll down to Undo/Temporary Files in the "File types" window on the left.
03: The current location of your undo/temporary files will show up in the Folder box in the
..... "Undo/Temporary file folders" window on the right.
04: Copy the location shown in the Folder box and paste it into the Address box on any
..... Windows Explorer screen.
05: Click the Back button to move out of this folder.
06: Create a new temporary folder with a meaningful name - I suggests something like
..... "PSP 12 Temp Files".
07: Double-click on this new temporary files name.
08: Copy the entire path from the Address box.
09: Return to PSP and enter this new path name into the Folder box in the
..... "Undo/Temporary file folders" window of File Locations.
10: Click OK to save your settings.

Although they are separate, the different versions of PSP can interact by using the same folders to store resources. See #001 PSP X2 Installation Notes above for how to avoid these interactions.

One reason you may want to keep at least PSP 9 installed is that due to the redesign of the Learning Center in PSP X, which is unchanged in PSP XI and PSP X2, users can no longer install tutorials as Quick Guides. Many users have come to rely on this facility introduced in PSP 8 and continued in PSP 9. Having the tutorial visible right in the PSP workspace has made it so much easier to follow and complete tutorials. If you've come to rely on this feature, you'll need to retain either PSP 8 or PSP 9.

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