Expire date installation VideoStudio X10

[shark-studio]

I use VideoStudio X8 and recently bought VS X10 with a "download expire date" of 1 month. I found out the downloaded file was an installer of just 10 MB (unlike x8 where I received the full program). Can I still install X10 after the expire date?

[Ken Berry]

I'm pretty sure you can. I recently had to use that 10 MB stub installer to reinstall my own X10 after already having had X10 on my system for several months. No problems at all.

Mind you, if I were you, I would use the stub installer to do its usual thing and download the whole program, as it does, and put the various elements in a folder on your desktop (which it does) or designate a separate location for it. That way you would have a permanent copy on your computer which you could use to do a full reinstall should the need arise.

[shark-studio]

Thanks for your quick and clear answer. One more thing in the same line. I like to keep VS X8 working for a while, just in case. Will the installation of X10 effect the use of X8. Like automatically overwriting certain common files and by this making X8 unusable?

[Ken Berry]

No they are completely separate programs. For example I have X6, X7, X8, X9 and X10/10.5 all on one computer and all of them work just fine. FWIW, there is probably no need to keep so many versions. But the reason I, and some of my colleagues, maintain so many versions is to be able to help out here if questions arise about the earlier versions. For others, though, it can be useful if you have started an important project in one version and install a new version before the project is completed, then keeping the original version is probably a good idea. And of course maintaining at least one earlier version provides backup should anything go wrong with the later version.

Just note in this regard that while a later version can open and edit a project made in an earlier version, the reverse is not true: a project made in, say, X10 cannot be opened in an earlier version unless specifically "Saved As" the format of an earlier version, and in that case, VS will only allow it to be Saved As a maximum of two earlier versions i.e. it could be saved as either X9 or X8 project format.