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Configure Sublime Text 4 to ignore Sublime Text 3 on same machine?

#1

I have some machines where I haven’t used Sublime Text 3 in many years.

When I install Sublime Text 4, it is very careful to reference things in Sublime Text 3. In some way, this makes the experience transparent.

But I do not want Sublime Text 4 to be referencing the Preferences.sublime-settings in:
$AppData\Roaming\Sublime Text 3\Packages… etc.

I want Sublime Text 4 to be completely unaware of Sublime Text 3.

I have some ancient projects in Sublime Text 3, so I want to keep all that stuff exactly as it is.

But I want to install and use Sublime Text 4 the same way I do on a fresh install of Windows, on other hardware.

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#2

I think I found some information here:

https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/side_by_side.html

To keep ST4 and ST3 using different data directories, you’ll need to manually create the ST4 one. The exact path for this directory depends on your operating system:

  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Sublime Text
  • Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text
  • Linux: ~/.config/sublime-text

Is there anything else I need to be aware of? Like updating environment variables, and that sort of thing?

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