Help needed from XDP16 users

**Acorn** · 15 July 2019, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by ss-kalm

Just as a matter of interest ... to me, I no-one else ... If I renew my update service when version 17 comes out, will that allow me to patch my version 15 install as well?

I would doubt it.

Acorn

**Rik** · 15 July 2019, 04:51 PM

Do you know the other thing I hate?
(And I'll probably find more.)

The fact that during the installation, it didn't ask what name I wanted to use.
The programme has simply picked the User Name from the Windows 'Users' directory.

This may not matter to anyone else, but, it does to me.

Another C*** change.

**browj2** · 15 July 2019, 05:55 PM

Wow! Two things that make you wish you hadn't upgraded to get all of those new features that came out with version 12 onwards are having to click on the mode button to change the node mode on an image, and Xara installed itself using the user name of the logged in user? Seriously?

**Rik** · 15 July 2019, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by browj2

Wow! Two things that make you wish you hadn't upgraded to get all of those new features that came out with version 12 onwards are having to click on the mode button to change the node mode on an image, and Xara installed itself using the user name of the logged in user? Seriously?

Yes. Seriously.
The two things I've mentioned in this thread are EXTREMELY annoying and totally useless and not needed.

When Windows installed itself, it decided to give me the user name 'rikda'
So, you honestly think, that is what I want to see when Xara starts up???

**handrawn** · 15 July 2019, 08:18 PM

you can change the windows user name - but that might have implications elsewhere....

**Rik** · 15 July 2019, 09:59 PM

Originally Posted by handrawn

you can change the windows user name - but that might have implications elsewhere....

Messing about with names in the Users folder, is not something I care to do.

All the previous version I have, allowed the input of your name.
Or does Xara/Magix think that their new users are incapable of typing in their own names during the installation?!

**Chris M** · 15 July 2019, 10:05 PM

I can't remember the exact terminology that was used, but early on you can choose 'default' or 'custom' install. That's where you can change the name and install location.