# Running both version of Applinx (5.2.4 and  8.0) on same PC

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/running-both-version-of-applinx-5-2-4-and-8-0-on-same-pc/80479>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** Mainframe-Integration, ApplinX\
**Created:** [March 10, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/running-both-version-of-applinx-5-2-4-and-8-0-on-same-pc/80479 "2009-03-10T15:15:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![MarianG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@MarianG](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/MarianG)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/running-both-version-of-applinx-5-2-4-and-8-0-on-same-pc/80479/1 "2009-03-10T15:15:45Z")

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Hi all,

May I have a question?  
Is any way to install and using both version of Applinx (5.2.4 and 8.0) on same PC? It is working?

Thanks for advert

Marian

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**Author:** ![Asaf\_Shak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@Asaf\_Shak](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Asaf_Shak)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/running-both-version-of-applinx-5-2-4-and-8-0-on-same-pc/80479/2 "2009-03-10T18:22:50Z")

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Hi,  
Yes you can install and even use two different versions of Applinx on the same PC.  
The way to do that is installing the earlier version (In your case APX 524. this is done since you cannot install 5.2.X after 8.0.X), then copy the installation directory to another place and run it from there (Using

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**Author:** ![MarianG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@MarianG](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/MarianG)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/running-both-version-of-applinx-5-2-4-and-8-0-on-same-pc/80479/3 "2009-03-17T20:07:48Z")

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Thanks for your answer Asaf  
Marian

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/running-both-version-of-applinx-5-2-4-and-8-0-on-same-pc/80479/4 "2021-04-02T14:51:39Z")

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