Any Windows users test Beta 5 yet?

[Udicoudco]

On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 3:38 AM Andrew Parsloe <ajparsloe at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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?

Works great on my laptop.

> > 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?

Yes to all, I think the default is the last one installed, but I'm not sure.

> 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.

Note that the the logo in 2.3.x on windows was not the correct one,
it should be as in the attached image.

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