Installing CS5, uninstalling CS4

My office just installed CS5 (yeah!) on the MacBookPro I use. It didn't delete or override CS4, which still is in the computer's  applications folder occupying memory. Should I uninstall CS4 or simply delete its folders by hand. I need to make sure I will not uninstall any CS4 pluggins that CS5 needs.

The behavior is as designed. All major versions install independently. The bad news is that you will have to properly uninstall and in the process it will affect CS5's shared components, requiring to reinstall CS5 again afterwards.
Mylenium

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    Mark,
    Sorry that we did not have a quick and easy answer for you.
    At least with Harm's reporting, it confirms my thoughts that the co-existence of the two versions should not be an issue.
    Over the decades, Adobe has been great about this. The only two instances of problems, that I can recall was with the CS2 Production Studio programs (all of them), if one later installed PrElements 4 - CS2 Production Studio got hosed, but was easily handled with a quick Repair Install of each program in the suite - took me about 45 mins. total. Obviously, Adobe had not anticipated a user with CS2 installing PrE 4, but by the time that I did, they had a KB Article on the issue. The other was if a use had PrPro CS3 installed, then installed CS4, and later uninstalled CS3 - it took some necessary elements form CS4, so again the Repair Install was the easy trick. Otherwise, no one issue that I know of. On one machine, I had PS 4, 5, 7 and CS for various reasons. No issue. Same for several versions of AI, both PageMaker and InDesign, and on the list goes. No issues.
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    hi
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    You heard wrong.
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    I've never had a problem uninstalling older versions in the past.
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  • Uninstalling CS4 after installing CS5

    Hi,
    I have just installed the CS5 upgrade (Master Collection). Now I have CS4 and 5 installed, which is unnecessary.
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    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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    It is not a requirement to uninstall CS4 when installing CS6.  As far as upograding from CS4 to CS6 goes you should doublecheck if that is possible.  For products that I am aware of there is no longer an upgrade path from CS4 to CS6, only CS5+.

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  • Can I deactivate cs4 after I installed cs5?

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  • De-activate CS4 before install CS5

    Hi there
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    You can keep CS4 activated and installed. Deactivate if you wish and of course you can deactivate and uninstall. Personally, if you need to work with others on CS4 projects, I'd keep it until finished.

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