installing 64 bit Libreoffice

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#1

Hi Gentlefolk:

I have 64 bit Windows 7 Home Premium on a Gigabyte MoBo with AMD Phenom II X4 840 processor and 4 GB Ram.

I wanted to upgrade my 32 bit LibreOffice to 64 bit 5.3.4 "fresh". For 32 bit upgrades, I have always (successfully) installed over the previous version, but I was concerned about installing a 64 bit version where the current one is 32 bits. So I removed local help then the 32 bit program. I then successfully installed the 64 bit version and help.

My question is, was it necessary to remove the 32 bit version? I found no cautions about upgrading a 32 bit version with a 64 bit version in the notes.

Thank you all for a wonderful piece of software.

Warmest Regard
David Teague

#2

DavidBTeagueAt Comporium.net wrote

...
My question is, was it necessary to remove the 32 bit version? I found
no cautions about upgrading a 32 bit version with a 64 bit version in
the notes.
...

You did it correctly.

Even though the install on 64-bit Windows will go to different locations,
C:\Program Files (x86)\LibreOffice 5 for 32-bit vs. C:\Program
Files\LibreOffice 5 for 64-bit installs, with different HKEY branches in the
Windows registry--WOW6432node for the 32-bit--they will conflict.
Especially because the default install includes setup of the Quickstarter.

They can be made to coexist (including /a "Administrative" install as
commonly needed for our QA work) but for the average user a "clean install"
when shifting from 32-bit to 64-bit is the best practice. The installer
will not handle it for you in any sense.