FAQ Download And Install - How to upgrade?
MyDefrag scripts and settings are not upward (and downward) compatible. It is therefore not possible to upgrade by quickly installing a new MyDefrag version on top of an existing version. The program would not run because of incompatible settings, and the old scripts would generate all kinds of strange and mysterious error messages. To avoid these problems the MyDefrag installer will therefore install every version in it's own directory. Added benefits are that you can experiment with a new version before uninstalling the old version, and you can keep using custom scripts that you created for the old version.Upgrading is easy if you have not made custom scripts. Simply uninstall the old version and install the new version. Or the other way around, whatever you like.
Upgrading is a bit more work if you have made custom scripts or have made changes to the default scripts (including the Settings.MyD script).
- Install the new MyDefrag.
- Copy your scripts to the Scripts directory of the new MyDefrag version. Scripts are generally not upwards compatible and you will probably have to make changes to the scripts. Just run a script and MyDefrag will tell you exactly what it does not like in the old script. Then look in the MyDefrag manual and make the necessary changes, it's usually not difficult.
- Uninstall the old MyDefrag when you don't need it any more.
Junction
tool from Windows Sysinternals.
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Download and install Frequently Asked Questions