I think I've complained before that I used to be able to run on the same workstation, Notes clients v4 with v5, then v5 with v6. Suddenly I was not able to run Notes 6 and Notes 7 as separate installations. Notes 7 kept upgrading my 6 install ...
This was a big step back for adopting Notes 7 for my current work.
Although technically new stuff (see this), Notes 8 will in fact upgrade your Notes 7 install (and probably my Notes 6 install) by default. Unless you do what they say in the 'readms_beta2.pdf' file which can be downloaded from IBM:
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Notes 8 Beta and Notes 7.x coexistence
..... With that understanding, follow the steps below to install Lotus Notes 8 Beta on a machine that also has Lotus Notes 7.x installed: ...
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and the procedure is just the same I used to do when installing R5 beside R4, then R6 beside R5 .... Basically, break the current Notes install by renaming your binaries and data folder. Then, do a install of the new version. Check this pdf if you want to take this track, I am just signaling that this is possible. Again. Hurray !
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Yes, by renaming the existing notes folder before installing the new one, makes it possible to have more than one Notes client installations on the same workstation. After the installation just rename back the folders you renamed before. This goes with the server installations aswell.
Haven't tried the trick with the Notes 8 yet.
did you tried 6 and 7 on the same machine ? didn't worked for me ...
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