Today, we posted a new Dress Shop update, version 9.02. It includes some fixes and a change long awaited by Windows 7 users that are running User Accounts rather than Admin Accounts. We'll explain more about that in a longer announcement coming later.

This update also includes some re-organization of Dress Shop features and product names whose purpose is intended for new customers, purchasing after this update. This, too, will be explained in a more detailed announcement later.

The point for now is that these re-organizations and name changes ARE NOT NEW PRODUCTS. There are no new collections or patterns included in this particular update.

The Swimsuit Customizer, for instance, is now a separate product for new buyers. But, it is not separate for those that already owned Dress Shop 9 Standard or Pro. Those customers had that tool included with their upgrade to version 9 and they will still own that tool. They should not purchase the new product as they already own it.

No current customer should purchase Dress Shop Quick Start. That is a new sampler type product for those that own no Dress Shop products at all.

No current customer should purchase Dress Shop Deluxe. That is a replacement product for Standard and offers nothing new to anyone that owns Standard.

Pro is unchanged.

The seasonal collections now have generic names, with the year no longer included. Those are NOT new collections, just renamed for later buyers.

We do apologize for any confusion that these changes may cause. When you install the update, you should see nothing go away. So, we hope you will be patient with this house-keeping update, intended to make Dress Shop more consistent and understandable to future new customers.

More on all this shortly....

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Today, we posted a new Dress Shop update, version 9.02. It includes some fixes and a change long awaited by Windows 7 users that are running User Accounts rather than Admin Accounts. We'll explain more about that in a longer announcement coming later.

This will have to wait till this evening. Sorry for that delay....

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Today, we posted a new Dress Shop update, version 9.02. It includes some fixes and a change long awaited by Windows 7 users that are running User Accounts rather than Admin Accounts. We'll explain more about that in a longer announcement coming later.

The question about the download file was resolved and the update is available. We still have an issue with the full build master. On Win7 systems, it is supposed to copy all prior pattern and measurement files to the "MyDocuments" folder and there are some cases where that does not happen. We will post that one when it works in all cases.

The update does appear to work in all cases, so you can get that one any time...

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Today, we posted a new Dress Shop update, version 9.02. It includes some fixes and a change long awaited by Windows 7 users that are running User Accounts rather than Admin Accounts. We'll explain more about that in a longer announcement coming later.

The Dress Shop 9.02 update had moved all seasonal collection folders and pattern files into a single new folder called "Optional Add-On Collections". It was subsequently found that this new folder did not install properly. We have corrected the update and those files should now install properly. If you have already installed the Dress Shop 9.02 update, please get this revised version so your seasonal collections are restored.

Also, the full build download master for Dress Shop 9.02 is now also available.

We apologize for the inconvenience....