Iinstalling Creative Suite over older versions or not? : Adobe Premiere

Hi there,

I have the following Adobe 'stand-alone' programs on my XP PC
Lightroom 1.2
Photoshop CS2
Premiere Pro 2
....and a few others such as Image Ready CS2, Bridge, Stock Photos, Photoshop
Elements 4 & Premiere Elements 2

I have recently purchased the Creative Suite CS3 that comes with about a
dozen top-end Adobe programs including Photoshop CS3 & Premiere CS3 and
wondered if there was any particular way to install it?

I do not want to keep the older versions but do not know whether the
installer will remove the older versions first, install over the top or
leave the earlier versions in situ.

Has anybody else been through this procedure or does anybody know the best
way to proceed with the install of Creative Suite CS3 please?

I am guessing it will leave the existing data such as videos, projects etc.
in place?

I am guessing that I will then have to re-install of my plug-ins such as
SmartSound etc.

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Thanks & regards,
-pp-

The CS3 installer will not uninstall nor write over the earlier versions.
Since you don't want to keep them on your computer, you will need to
uninstall them via their own uninstallers. In Windows, use the Add Or Remove
Programs Control Panel. Uninstalling these will leave any source and project
files in place, as you suspected. To start with a clean slate, uninstall
your plugins as well as their CS2/version 2 host apps. Then, after
installing (and updating) CS3, you will indeed have to re-install any
plugins that are supported by CS3 apps.
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"Pheasant Plucker®" <pheasant@plucker.not> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> I have the following Adobe 'stand-alone' programs on my XP PC
> Lightroom 1.2
> Photoshop CS2
> Premiere Pro 2
> ...and a few others such as Image Ready CS2, Bridge, Stock Photos,
> Photoshop
> Elements 4 & Premiere Elements 2
>
> I have recently purchased the Creative Suite CS3 that comes with about a
> dozen top-end Adobe programs including Photoshop CS3 & Premiere CS3 and
> wondered if there was any particular way to install it?
>
> I do not want to keep the older versions but do not know whether the
> installer will remove the older versions first, install over the top or
> leave the earlier versions in situ.
>
> Has anybody else been through this procedure or does anybody know the best
> way to proceed with the install of Creative Suite CS3 please?
>
> I am guessing it will leave the existing data such as videos, projects
> etc.
> in place?
>
> I am guessing that I will then have to re-install of my plug-ins such as
> SmartSound etc.
>
> --
> Thanks & regards,
> -pp-
>
>