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I have a Standard License Pro and was wondering if I wanted to upgrade to the lifetime license of Pro is this possible?

fedup wrote:I have a Standard License Pro and was wondering if I wanted to upgrade to the lifetime license of Pro is this possible?

It is possible by purchasing a Lifetime license, but I am personally not aware of a discounted upgrade path (which is what I think you were implying, yes?). I know for sure that Home edition cannot be upgraded to Pro and there's no such language for Standard version so it may be possible. Over to you, Don

Stop Press!

Found this in FAQ of the main site:

Can I upgrade from Standard to Lifetime License?
No. If the full major version cycle of your Standard License is completed
and you still want to continue using the latest versions fo XYplorer you
have to purchase a new Standard License or a Lifetime License.

Be quick buying the lifetime license now. The price will go up notably soon:

http://xyplorer.com/whatsnew.htm#prices2010

The big price increase in 2010 (paying $50 CDN for a Pro version that I already own) is why I am asking and I also noticed that there is a home lifetime license offer. I only use a fraction of the Pro features currenty. One of these featurs is Favorite Folders and I am a bit unsure if that is the same Favorites that is not included in the home edition?

fedup wrote:I have a Standard License Pro and was wondering if I wanted to upgrade to the lifetime license of Pro is this possible?

AFAIK, this is still not possible, mostly because Don doesn't have an automated way to do so and he doesn't have time to do it manually...I reviewed some old threads on this last nite, but didn't find the comment by Don I was looking for so it may have been via PM.

I believe Don also said he was relying on users to examine product fully during trial and thus make the right decision.

zer0 wrote:Stop Press!

Found this in FAQ of the main site:

Can I upgrade from Standard to Lifetime License?
No. If the full major version cycle of your Standard License is completed
and you still want to continue using the latest versions fo XYplorer you
have to purchase a new Standard License or a Lifetime License.

Well in my case the upgrade path is to 8.8 and currently am at 8.5 so do not know if that means I can upgrade or not.

fedup wrote:The big price increase in 2010 (paying $50 CDN for a Pro version that I already own) is why I am asking and I also noticed that there is a home lifetime license offer. I only use a fraction of the Pro features currenty. One of these featurs is Favorite Folders and I am a bit unsure if that is the same Favorites that is not included in the home edition?

Favorite Folders (from menu Favorites) is included in the Home edition, what is not is the Catalog, a "favorite pane" that you can show through menu Window|Show Catalog. While both refer to "favorites" they are two different features.

If you are in doubt about what the Home edition is like, simply open Configuration and look into Features, there's even an option to "Emulate the XYplorer Home Edition" -- that way you'll be sure if it fits your needs, or if you need the Pro Edition.

j_c_hallgren wrote:

fedup wrote:I have a Standard License Pro and was wondering if I wanted to upgrade to the lifetime license of Pro is this possible?

AFAIK, this is still not possible

Just to be clear: there is no "update fee" or anything, but one can buy a new Standard License Pro or a new Lifetime License Pro at any time of course.
If your current license ends at 8.8 it means that you will then need to get a new license to continue updating to the latest version. You can either get a new Std or a new Lifetime one, up to you. Of course, given the coming price changes it might be best to get your new license now, and it might also be best to go the Lifetime way, and then you don't have to worry about price changes or anything : your license will always be valid for ALL future versions!

jacky wrote:

j_c_hallgren wrote:

fedup wrote:I have a Standard License Pro and was wondering if I wanted to upgrade to the lifetime license of Pro is this possible?

AFAIK, this is still not possible

Just to be clear: there is no "update fee" or anything, but one can buy a new Standard License Pro or a new Lifetime License Pro at any time of course.

Sorry, what I meant was that there is not a way to apply the purchase price of the standard to lifetime and thus pay only the difference.

And as I just commented in another thead, I find the Catalog to be one of the BEST features in XY so I'd not sure now what I'd do without it...it's Favorites and SO much more!

I think, with the price increase that is mentioned in another thread, a lot of people who are on Standard license might be wondering why there's no upgrade fee to Lifetime. Recent purchasers of Standard who now have a financial incentive to upgrade before too long may be wondering why they just can't pay the difference (or get some form of discount). Does it occur frequently enough with other products to be called common practice?

fedup wrote:

zer0 wrote:Stop Press!

Found this in FAQ of the main site:

Can I upgrade from Standard to Lifetime License?
No. If the full major version cycle of your Standard License is completed
and you still want to continue using the latest versions fo XYplorer you
have to purchase a new Standard License or a Lifetime License.

Well in my case the upgrade path is to 8.8 and currently am at 8.5 so do not know if that means I can upgrade or not.

Hmm, so this text is misleading. I will try to improve it. The point is simply: There are no upgrade discounts in XYplorer.

Thanks for the clarification. I can not justify spending $50 CDN for a product which I do not fullly utilize now. Guess I will just let my current license upgrade cycle run out and use XYplorer the way it is.

fedup wrote:Thanks for the clarification. I can not justify spending $50 CDN for a product which I do not fullly utilize now. Guess I will just let my current license upgrade cycle run out and use XYplorer the way it is.

Which part you need that is not in the Home Edition?

admin wrote:

fedup wrote:Thanks for the clarification. I can not justify spending $50 CDN for a product which I do not fullly utilize now. Guess I will just let my current license upgrade cycle run out and use XYplorer the way it is.

Which part you need that is not in the Home Edition?

Don't think there is. I use very few of the features of XYplorer.

fedup wrote:

admin wrote:

fedup wrote:Thanks for the clarification. I can not justify spending $50 CDN for a product which I do not fullly utilize now. Guess I will just let my current license upgrade cycle run out and use XYplorer the way it is.

Which part you need that is not in the Home Edition?

Don't think there is. I use very few of the features of XYplorer.

So, get the Home Lifetime License! It's still just 15 US$.