Installing multiple versions on Windows

[eelik]

You can find some instructions also here:

KiCad and path environment variables

Here’s how I created a portable installation, and a link to a ready-made portable app by someone else:

Portable KiCad (nightly build) in Windows

I just tested portable KiCad pre-5 in Windows 10, meaning that I can copy KiCad into e.g. a usb stick and run it from there, hopefully without leaving any traces into the system. I just didn’t test it with an external drive yet, nor did I do any in-depth testing. I just copied a whole existing KiCad installation from C:\Program Files to another folder. Then I made this batch script: set KIPATH=%~dp0 set KICAD_CONFIG_HOME=%KIPATH%\userfiles\conf rem Set all possible paths if you want, but KiCad…

I agree that installations of new feature versions should independent by default.