If you install v35 first and then try to install v20, you will corrupt the common factory libraries. You will end up wiping your VM and starting over.
Here is the hard truth about running on a single engineering workstation. The Golden Rule (Do Not Break This) Version order matters. Install from oldest to newest.
If you have been in the Rockwell Automation world for more than six months, you have heard the dreaded phrase: “This project was created in a newer version of Studio 5000. Please upgrade your software.”
Or worse: “Unable to open. Expected revision 30.11, found revision 33.00.”
Use a dedicated VM (VMware or Hyper-V) for Rockwell. Take a snapshot before each new version install. If it breaks, roll back in 2 minutes. 2. The RSLinx Conflict RSLinx Classic is shared across all versions. You only install it once (usually with your oldest version). Newer versions will try to update it. Let them. But if RSLinx stops seeing your USB-to-DF1 adapter after installing v33, repair the oldest version of RSLinx you have. 3. Opening the Wrong Version Double-clicking an .ACD file always opens the last installed version of Studio 5000, not the version it was written in.
5000 Multi Version | Studio
If you install v35 first and then try to install v20, you will corrupt the common factory libraries. You will end up wiping your VM and starting over.
Here is the hard truth about running on a single engineering workstation. The Golden Rule (Do Not Break This) Version order matters. Install from oldest to newest. studio 5000 multi version
If you have been in the Rockwell Automation world for more than six months, you have heard the dreaded phrase: “This project was created in a newer version of Studio 5000. Please upgrade your software.” If you install v35 first and then try
Or worse: “Unable to open. Expected revision 30.11, found revision 33.00.” The Golden Rule (Do Not Break This) Version order matters
Use a dedicated VM (VMware or Hyper-V) for Rockwell. Take a snapshot before each new version install. If it breaks, roll back in 2 minutes. 2. The RSLinx Conflict RSLinx Classic is shared across all versions. You only install it once (usually with your oldest version). Newer versions will try to update it. Let them. But if RSLinx stops seeing your USB-to-DF1 adapter after installing v33, repair the oldest version of RSLinx you have. 3. Opening the Wrong Version Double-clicking an .ACD file always opens the last installed version of Studio 5000, not the version it was written in.