Any Windows users test Beta 5 yet?

[Andrew Parsloe]

On 12/09/2023 9:01 am, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> 2.4.0 Beta 5 was recently released (available here: http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.4/).
>
> Have any Windows users tested it yet? If so, has it gone smoothly?
>
> Also, can you remind me: the beta 5 installs in parallel to your 2.3.x
> release right? So you can still use 2.3.x after installing it? Which one
> is default? For example, if you double-click to open a .lyx file, does
> it open with 2.3.x or with the newly installed Beta 5?
>
> I'm going to meet with a friend who I might be able to convince to test
> Beta 5, but I wanted to be able to let him know of any known issues, or
> anything to look out for.
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
>
I've just installed beta 5 on windows 10. It runs in parallel to 2.3.x. 
The document I was working on in beta 3 opens and everything seems to be 
OK except for the desktop icon which is featureless (lacks the LyX). 
beta 5 is the default, even when clicking on old 2.3.x files.

Andrew