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I have raised exactly the same point: https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?83184-V17-Upgrade&p=621765#post621765.

Acorn

So I had three fails with the Websites download:

%localappdata%\Xara\XtremePro\17\Cache\designs\eng\websites\retrowebsites\websitethemes\sculpture\ is missing sculpture_gallery_page.xar, Gallery...

Night-night.

Acorn

Interesting that v17.0 is out with a Release Date of 12 March 2020 and Magix is still selling v16.
Doesn't exactly help those who might have bought in in the last few days as their Registration...

The MagiXara fandango:


Download v17.0.
[Queried] Deactivate second install of v16.n.
Register v17.0.
Run as administrator.
Check over MS Registry settings you have previously changed...

Not if you have two installs of v16.3 already.

Acorn

I had a go with the v17.0 install.

The only difference i have for this installation it that it seems to block my prior installs of v16.3.1 so I can not run two versions of both at the same time....

Congrats, we'll see how long it take Xara to fire it all up for the rest of us as we've hit the weekend.

Acorn

Would a Mod move this Thread to the Dear Xara Forum as a pre-sales Case Study or anti-pattern User Story.

Acorn

Well, we two could write it up but will MaiXara even care?

That is the nub.

Acorn

Thank you John, all will appreciate that.

My hope is still for Xara to constructively engage and advise the Guide has been accordingly revised and distributed at time of purchase.

Acorn

John, the OP is an intelligent questioner and yet Xara's guide is still vague.

None of this covers the ability to Download all.

The Xara Desktop applications have wonderful capabilities but...

behzad, "you will be stuck with a buggy version" could be read that way.

Acorn

You are able to Download all and store on your computer. All widgets are available to you and will work thereafter. Your problem is if your regressed version doesn't recognize the later widgets. You...

Yes you will if v17.0 is released within the period of your Update service.

If you buy today you will get v16.3.1 and at the end of the Update Service it is most probably you will have v17.1,...