Quote Originally Posted by Andre7 View Post
Any idea how to go back to previous version? Thanks
Andre, sorry to hear of your grief.
I have come unstuck several times during a new client design by accepting an update across many versions now that I rarely update until I can afford to unpick problems arising where I have less pressure.

In C:\Program Files\Xara\Xara Designer Pro+\Backup, you will find prior versions backed up. Xara never thought out its recovery strategy at all!

If things go wrong with my description, you can always redownload the v24.5 from Xara. Alternatively, copy the entire current install directory and subfolders (less Backup) to a safe location.

@Xara - perhaps you can advise differently?



  • In the backup folder, order by Date Modified descending. Copy these to another folder.
  • Then, for over 100 files, you would have to remove the .bkN extension to restore the originals of that date.
  • Perhaps, replacing these with current will get you back to a working version.


Not tried this myself, as even with a bulk renamer, it is too tedious.

Acorn