Doirico Elements Installation Only

Dorico
1

I’ve installed Dorico Elements, but the installation also installs the full version. So I deactivate the full version, keeping Elements activated, and then run Elements. However, when I run Elements it then activates the full version (without prompting), so when the UI appears I get the full version. I don’t want the full version, I just want to trial Elements, but I can’t run JUST elements without it activating, installing and running the full version.

How can I trial JUST Elements to see if its what I want? Thank you.

2

Try holding down the alt/opt key while launching Dorico. The app is the same for Pro, Elements, and SE. The license is the difference. Cmd/ctrl-key for launching SE.
So, the Pro version can launch as SE or Elements also.

Jesper

3

Thanks for your help. It basically worked, but with a small change. I’m running Windows 11, so if I hold the Alt key down while double-clicking I get the properties menu. If I hold down the Alt key just after double clicking I get the full version running.

So, the way to make it work is to hold down the Alt key, right-click on the icon and click on the “Open” menu option.

4

Great, I only work with Mac myself.

Jesper

5

Hold Alt single click the Dorico App icon launches Elements (on Windows 11).

6

That doesn’t work for me, unless the icon is in the taskbar. If the icon is on the desktop nothing happens.

7

That’s because the desktop icon is only a shortcut.