# My review of FileMaker 2025 new features **URL:** \ **Category:** Floating Topics\ **Created:** [July 10, 2025, 9:36am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/my-review-of-filemaker-2025-new-features/4947 "2025-07-10T09:36:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![AndyHibbs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/andyhibbs/32/3089_2.png) [@AndyHibbs](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/AndyHibbs)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/my-review-of-filemaker-2025-new-features/4947/3 "2025-07-10T10:39:30Z")
Thanks Fabrice. You asked in your document for feedback on not being able to run v22 alongside v21, which I’ve discovered prior to finding any reference to this up until now and have raised this in a separate post: > [@Installing FileMaker Pro 2025 in Windows](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/installing-filemaker-pro-2025-in-windows/4946): > > I’ve had problems installing FileMaker Pro 2025 (22) on 3 Windows PCs now as per my post in the community here: Has anyone else experienced this problem?. I’ve been given a solution - [Claris Community (English)](https://community.claris.com/en/s/question/0D5Vy000019X2NbKAK/is-there-a-flag-we-can-pass-to-allow-filemaker-pro-2025-to-be-installed-alongside-2024-in-windows) - which boils down to this procedure: If you've v21 (2024) in a folder called FileMaker Pro: Duplicate the FileMaker Pro folder in Program Files\FileMaker Rename the duplicated folder FileMaker Pro 21 Uninstall FileMaker Pro 21(!) Install FMP v22 (preferably in a FileMaker Pro 22 f… However, there is a procedure (listed in the above) to allow both versions to run together on Windows, which is going to cause us headaches with our cloud streaming delivery system. I can’t understand this approach as every production system should be tested in a new release before going live and we have plugins that are not v22 ready yet. As there is no problem on macOS, it looks like another example of treating Windows users, who are the vast majority of our clients, as second class FileMaker citizens. --- _[View the full topic](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/my-review-of-filemaker-2025-new-features/4947)._