Downgrade to True Image 2020 version number
I currently have a license for Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office, which I do not like at all for lots of reasons, the primary one being that it includes so much stuff that I do not want or need.
I've was satisfied using all versions through 2020 and was shocked when I discovered that the user cannot disable features in CPHO.
I'd like to uninstall CPHO ( aka 2021) and return to 2020, but I'm unsure whether the .exe version I have is the latest/greatest: It's AcronisTrueImage2020U1 and it's 610,873 kb, if that helps.
Other than losing the features that are unique to 2021, are there any downsides?
Will the backups I have from 2021 be compatible with a new installation of 2020? Or will I have to start from scratch?


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Thanks, so much, Steve: This is really helpful.
I'm paid till June 2023 for three machines, so I should consider the custom install of ACPHO at least until then.
Do I need to do a complete uninstall then reinstall to get rid of the Anti-ransomware and real-time protection features?
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Do I need to do a complete uninstall then reinstall to get rid of the Anti-ransomware and real-time protection features?
If you download the latest build installer and run this manually instead of allowing it to upgrade itself, then you should get the option to do a Custom Install.
See Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office: how to install | Knowledge Base
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Thanks so much--as always you've been a big help.
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So I downloaded and installed version 40173 and when prompted by Windows selected "modify."
I confirmed that all the anti-ransom and real-time protection features are turned off.
But I'm surprised that Acronis still has so many entries in task manager (15, including a couple of duplicates).
Is this normal?
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I don't believe that you should be showing duplicate entries, so would suggest restarting Windows then checking again.
See KB 69466: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office: Windows services and processes
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Thanks, Steve. I did restart before this appeared.
I suspect it may have to do with having two user profiles active. I'll have to test for that and see.
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As suspected. When I log out of the other account on this machine the duplicates disappear.
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