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If I have to hire someone to update I may as well give up...updating should be like windows...push a button and go.

To clarify; if there is a working VCP in the current cnct directory, will a new install overwrite it?
What about custom PLC? I use the option to not use a new one. I believe that eliminates any new features that are part of a new PLC.
In my current install - which did not work - I fixed it by ...

cnckeith wrote: ↑Mon Jul 21, 2025 7:03 pm the installer makes a backup for you during the install.

This implies a backup is automagically made. If I rename my existing cnct prior to install I assume I would get a fresh install. If I copy the original cnct will the install be different - does It keep VCP data?

I save a backup copy of the directory but rather than create a brand new directory should I overwrite the cnct? Will that keep all the VCP changes?

cnckeith wrote: ↑Mon Jul 21, 2025 4:10 pm

lavrgs wrote: ↑Sat Jun 28, 2025 3:24 pm If you could make it so it was as easy as going backward to go forward you may have something... (explatives deleted)

going backward and forward is as simple as renaming the c:\cncm directories that have been backed up to cncm

Ahhh if you assume it went forward properly....

Houseman303 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 20, 2025 4:25 pm Uwe, it makes a difference whether you have an Acorn or Oak control unit. Oak owners have to pay money for a modified plc. Acorn users get the modified plc for free. Every update of the software will overwrite the plc and then the madness begins.

...Or ALLIN1DC...7/20/25 time stamp...

Your carriage has quite a bit of mass. Changing directions takes quite a bit of juice. Are you really getting a lot of vibration? What material(s) cause the problem? With aluminum I get very smooth finishes.

What is the difference between FRV and Pecking?

Let's put a time stamp in... The update started June 28 th and today is July 9th. I only have so much patience to do this kind of stuff . It either works or it doesn't, if I have to spend time researching how to make it right I feel like not fully tested software is a hassle and I'm the Guinea pig

I will use a 7/16 drill with a 90 degree point to create the countersink and then it's easy...9-) ...right?