Two CubeMX versions on the same Windows machine?

[turboscrew]

Is it possible to have two versions of CubeMX installed (or otherwise used) on one Windows-PC?

My problem is, that an older project used Atollic, and that still needs to be supported. For another project I installed CubeIDE that wanted a newer CubeMX version (6.x). The Atollic used CubeMX 5.x. Now CubeMX 5.6 can't open a ioc-file made with CubeIDE (CubeMX 6.x), and if I just open the ioc-file created with CubeMX 5.x with CubeMX 6.x, the code generation produces code that doesn't work (at least interrupt priorities get set to zero in the ioc-file even if the project is not saved).

It's quite annoying having to re-install CubeMX each time I have to change the project to work with. At least if I need to even open the ioc-file.

[Peter BENSCH · Accepted solution]

Yes, you can have at much versions of CubeMX as you like. Of course you have to manage this "zoo".

Just install them into different folders like e.g.

• STM32CubeMX_5xx
• STM32CubeMX_6xx

In addition, you should not link the IOC to either, but instead open it through CubeMX.

For easy access and visibility, it may be a good idea to pin them to the Start menu, where they can be renamed from the default name STM32CubeMX to e.g. STM32CubeMX_5xx etc (More > Open File Location --> Rename).

Good luck!

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/Peter