Uninstalling cs4 questions

Hello,
Im about to install cs5.
should I uninstall cs4 first?
how do I do that?
I downloaded the cs5 cleaner I dont know if thats what I need but i have it...
also do I deactivate first? and how? do I need to go into each program separately or just one and deactivate?
thanks

No need to uninstall CS4 and plenty of reasons to leave it depending upon the applications that you use. BTW, I don't consider harddrive space a good reason. If you need the drive space that badly it's time for a new drive.
In short, leave CS4 alone and just install CS5.
Bob

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What if you find something you used to be able to do that for some reason you can't do in Photoshop CS5?
What if you want to help people on this forum, and someone says "I have Photoshop CS4..." and you want to try to reproduce their problem?
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Hi Roger:
Would be curious to hear what happened with your uninstall. I encountered a similar situation, checked with NAPP due to the many problems I have had with Adobe Support. The uninstall almost worked.
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--Repeat for any additional sets of Actions.
--If you have any custom brushes, styles, etc., use Edit> Preset Manager to create and save sets.
--Quit Photoshop CS4.
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--From the Actions palette menu choose Load Actions.
--Navigate to and select your .atn files to load them into the palette.
--Use Edit> Preset Manager to load other custom items.
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After the uninstall procedure, I got an message that it had completed but with errors.
In Control Panel/Programs, CS4 is still listed, but now showing only 3.77Mb instead of the 300Mb+ that it was.
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http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/403/kb403891.html#ionComHeading
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3. Will it affect CS5 in any way?
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ps. I couldn't not insert the above link by right clicking and choosing insert link - had to type it by hand. But, the kb number (403891) is definitely correct.

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...but then you probably obeyed the correct order in the first place. Anyway, there is no harm in leaving the remnants in place. you can of course make them disappear by removing the relevant registry key(s), but how important that little cosmetic surgery is to you, is for you to decide.
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