Upgrading to PSE 2020 suggestions

[Roger S]

Here we go again, my annual upgrade question. My wonderful wife got me PSE2020 for Christmas and I'm getting ready to install it. My current install location (PSE 2019 and PSE 2018) is my internal "e" drive..."my pictures" (over 77,000 of them) are also stored on "e:" 
So do I do a clean install 2020 to my e drive and let it rip?! Or are there any gotchas?. Do i backup and restore a catalog, etc. or create a new one? If restoring, will all the info from my 2019 organizer carry over (tags, people, etc.)? I seem to recall last year spending weeks sorting thru all the face recognition stuff, and would prefer not to have to do that again.

Anyways, looking forward to any PSE 2020 organizer upgrade information that might make this process less painful (or even painless!)
You folks have always helped in the past and I look forward to your suggestions before I embark on this journey.
Thanks and Happy New Year to all!
Roger

[michelb]

Roger,

Theoretically, nothing is easier...

That's why I would create a full backup, just in case . It won't be used for the new install, but may be useful in the future.

You can keep your older versions.

After you install the new version, you should be prompted to 'convert' your current catalog. If you don't get that prompt, you'll do the conversion manually later on.

The conversion creates a new catalog with all the data of your previous version. I don't use face recognition, but my understanding is that the conversions also takes care of that feature.

If you need to convert the catalog manually, use the catalog manager (file >> manage catalogs; convert button; navigate to the catalog to convert).

You get the location of the previous catalog from the 2019 version: menu Help >> system info.

[Roger S]

Thank you sir.
So I
1. Backup current catalog
2. Install pse 2020
3. "convert catalog" when prompted
And if I don't get the convert prompt, do it manually..
Cool, sounds pretty easy. Will let you know if any issues arise.
Thanks again, you folks rock!

[Roger S]

FYI, Everything went smoothly, including tagged faces.

Thanks for all the help.Cheers,
Roger