If you are experiencing issues with the 2496 release, please first try to completely uninstall the XDK and re-install version 2496 of the XDK. For instructions on how to completely uninstall Intel XDK from your system, see this forum post: https://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/intel-xdk/topic/542074
Download 2366:
If that does not resolve the issue, and you want to install 2366, you can find the install files attached to this thread. You will have to unzip the Windows installer first before you can install on Windows.
Running two versions of Intel XDK:
Make sure you install 2366 before 2496. If you have 2496 on your system during 2366 installation, it will not allow you to stating you have a higher version already installed. Please note that while you can have two versions, you cannot run them simultaneously.
On a Windows System:
- Uninstall any previous versions of XDK and install 2366
- Search for the Intel XDK shortcut by pressing 'Win + Q' -> 'Intel XDK'. Right click on the selection and click on 'Open File Location'
- Your Intel XDK installs to AppData by default. So open windows explorer and type '%localappdata%/Intel' in the folder path and it should contain a folder called 'XDK'. Rename that folder to a name of your choice. For Example, XDK > XDK2366. Avoid spaces and special characters.
- Now, go back to your shortcut found in Step 2 -> Right click to Properties. The shortcut tab will contain a field called target which is the path to the target application the shortcut points to.
Now that the path to your application (nw.exe) has changed, you need to change the path the shortcut points to. There will be two paths. Make sure to change the 'XDK' folder to 'XDK2366' in both.
Eg:
<C:\Users\myid\AppData\Local\Intel\XDK\bin\nw.exe "C:\Users\myid\AppData\Local\Intel\XDK\xdk\xdk-wrapper">
should be changed to
<C:\Users\myid\AppData\Local\Intel\XDK2366\bin\nw.exe "C:\Users\myid\AppData\Local\Intel\XDK2366\xdk\xdk-wrapper">
- Apply Changes and you will find that the Icon has disappeared. Go to properties again and click on 'Change Icon...' button on the Shortcut tab and browse to your XDK2366 folder (Eg: C:\Users\myid\AppData\Local\Intel\XDK2366\bin) which contains the icon file named 'xdk.ico'. Apply Changes.
- Open the shortcut to test that it opens Intel XDK and then copy paste the shortcut to Desktop renaming it. Eg: 'Intel XDK 2366'.
- Install your second version (2496) of Intel XDK. It will install in the 'XDK' folder in AppData.
- Make another copy of your 'Intel XDK 2366' shortcut on your desktop. Right click to Properties and change the folder name in the Target Paths from 'XDK2366' to 'XDK' so it points to the newly installed version. Rename your new shortcut to avoid confusion.
On a Mac:
- Uninstall any previous versions of XDK and install 2366.
- Open Finder -> Go to Applications -> Find Intel XDK.app. Right click on that and choose "Duplicate." This will create a duplicate of that application with a different name. You can rename it as you wish (e.g. XDK-2366.app).
- To start the newly archived copy from the command-line, type: '$ open XDK-2366.app'. You might want to "right-click" the icon in the "Dock" and choose to Keep in Dock under the Options menu. This will make it easier to startup your archive copy later.
- Install 2496 and it will install in place of Intel XDK.app.
On a Linux System:
On a Linux machine it is easiest to create your "archive copy" during installation. Rather than performing a root or sudo installation in the /opt directory (or a similar system directory), perform a local user install and choose an appropriately named directory in your $HOME directory.
Some useful tidbits:
- Avoid updating 2366. Use the ‘Remind me later’ route.
- Note that there is only one global-settings.xdk file on your system that is used by all the installed copies of the XDK (except IoT and Early Access editions).
- There are some significant changes in the projects properties stored in the project.xdk file inside each XDK project directory, which might make going back and forth between old and new versions of the XDK somewhat difficult. Until that process has been completely ironed out you might want to keep copies of the project.xdk and project.xdke files handy in order to go back to a prior version of the XDK. Refer to question 34 of the FAQs to learn how to make a copy of an existing Intel XDK project.
- Make a copy of your global-settings.xdk file, too – just in case. Refer to question 5 of the FAQs to locate this file.
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