Quark 7 install question

[JoeM]

I just purchased Quark 7 upgrade from Quark 5. I have one copy of Q5 installed at work and one at home, neither running at the same time.

I need to install an upgrade at home now and don't have time to do the office install first. Anybody know if that will be a problem?

TIA

[threeprong]

In my experience, Quark 7 will install in two locations before it starts deactivating other installs.

I have the same upgrade and I installed it on my laptop and my Powermac.

However, with that said, it is stil lQuark and (for example) I went to upgrade it via a download updater from 7.0 to 7.01 so i couold then apply the 7.1 and 7.2 updaters. The installer wanted my full serial number to update.

A pain.


3p

[jdc]

make sure you install 7.02 first or 7.1 to avoid 3ps dilemma

the 7.02 and 7.1 thing happened to me too, on 4 macs

to answer the original question, quark lets you install on 2 macs, no questions asked

oh, and FWIW, quark phone tech support is totally free, 8 - 5 mountain time

[JoeM]

Thanks guys, good to know. I have 7.01 and 7.1 updater in the package so I have to install those before I go to 7.2. Hopefully it will go well.

[incognegro]

May i make a suggestion?

Create a folder in the root level of your hard drive. Name it Q7 or something similar.

Instead of letting the installer choose the default folder (Applications), choose your folder instead. After the install & updates, move the folder inside that to your Applications folder.

Quark's installers wreak permissions havoc on the Applications folder. If you do a permissions repair after a Quark install, prepare to watch hundreds of lines of fixes scroll by. This doesn't happen if you use my method.

I learned this by experience with Quark 6 and 6.5. I'm not sure if Quark 7 does the same thing, but I don't have any reason to think it wouldn't.

[JoeM]

[quote incognegro]May i make a suggestion?

Create a folder in the root level of your hard drive. Name it Q7 or something similar.

Instead of letting the installer choose the default folder (Applications), choose your folder instead. After the install & updates, move the folder inside that to your Applications folder.

Quark's installers wreak permissions havoc on the Applications folder. If you do a permissions repair after a Quark install, prepare to watch hundreds of lines of fixes scroll by. This doesn't happen if you use my method.

I learned this by experience with Quark 6 and 6.5. I'm not sure if Quark 7 does the same thing, but I don't have any reason to think it wouldn't.
Hmmm...thought I posted a reply but I don't see it so:

Thanks for the tip and heads up on this. I'm going to do the install as you suggest.