Microsoft KB Archive/299326

= Visio2000: How to Run Multiple Versions of Visio =

PSS ID Number: 299326

Article Last Modified on 7/9/2001

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Technical Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q299326



For a Microsoft Visio 2002 version of this article, see 298947.



SUMMARY
Although Microsoft does not recommend it, it is possible to install and use more than one version of Microsoft Visio on a single computer. For example, you can install and use both Microsoft Visio 2000 Service Release 1 (SR-1) and Microsoft Visio 5.0 on the same computer.

This article describes the problems you may encounter when you do this, and offers advice on how to prevent different versions of Visio from conflicting with each other.



Order of Installation
If you want to install and use more than one version of Visio on the same computer, install the earliest version first. For example, if you want to use both Visio 5.0 and Visio 2000 on the same computer, install Visio 5.0 first. This order is necessary because of the way Visio manages registry keys, file name extensions, and other settings for each version.

The following table shows the order in which to install different versions of Visio:   Visio          Installation version       order ---  5.0            First 2000          Second The remainder of this article assumes that you installed the versions of Visio in this order.

Visio Folder Location Is Program Files\Visio
When you install Visio 2000, the default folder for Setup is &quot;Program Files\Visio&quot;. The default folder for Visio 5.0 is also &quot;Program Files\Visio&quot;. Choose a different folder location for Visio 2000, such as &quot;Program Files\Visio2000&quot;.

Double-Click Behavior of Drawing Files in Windows Explorer
When you double-click an Visio drawing in Windows Explorer, or click a drawing from the recent documents folder in Windows, the following rules apply:
 * If a version of the program is running, the drawing opens in that version.
 * If no version of the program is running, the drawing opens in the version of the program that you most recently installed.

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The drawing opens in the last version of the program that was running. Every time you start the Visio program, it registers itself as the version to load a drawing with.

To reassociate drawings with a particular version of Visio, start that version, or run the Visio Setup program and click Repair. Doing this registers the file associations for that version of Visio.

For additional information about how to make file associations, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

141275 How to Open a File with Other Than Associated Program

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