Xara 16, 17 or 20???

[handrawn]

there is no mechanism in place to update from one version number to the next internally - there never has been - the internal update system only updates within a given number - ie all the updates for version 16 can be done internally, but the update to version 17 cannot- in the old days this did not matter because you would need to buy and pay for the next vesion anyway and then install it

but under the subscription model it has caused confusion - this has not been helped by magix notifying users of the new version number and linking to the purchase page, regardless of whether the customer has an active update service in place or not - the muddle between upgrade/update/update service terminology is risable - no one has thought this through properly [hence my comment in other thread] - the implementation is piecemeal

you may need to deactivate your ver 16 before you can activate your version 17 that you seperately install with your vr 16 key - I am not sure, I have not upgraded myself