Mansfield Software Group Status Mansfield Software Group Status[Updated December 2024 to extend sales/support dates by a year]
KEDIT for Windows is at this point a "legacy product", kept available and supported on a very limited basis, primarily for the benefit of existing users. We discourage purchases of KEDIT by new users not already familiar with the program. We currently plan to continue selling KEDIT for Windows through our web site until at least the end of 2025.
Support is provided by e-mail to support@kedit.com, and is only available on a limited, part-time basis. We plan to continue support for KEDIT for Windows until at least June 2026. Our support is focused on KEDIT for Windows running on 64-bit versions of Windows 10 or Windows 11. Any new maintenance releases of KEDIT for Windows are expected to require a 64-bit version of Windows 10 or Windows 11.
KEDIT first became available in 1983, and it has been sold and supported for longer than almost every other PC program ever released. But we are no longer actively working on new upgrades or features for KEDIT, and are in the process of gradually winding down Mansfield Software Group. We also have no plans to release versions of KEDIT for other operating systems, such as for the Macintosh or for Linux, or to add support for files in Unicode format.
Many of our customers use KEDIT on a daily basis, and depend on it to help them get their work done. Our plans are always subject to change, but we want to let you know about them for your own planning purposes. That's why we began posting information about our plans for phasing out the program in the "What's New" section of our web site beginning in November 2006, which is being brought up to date in this posting:
We now include PDF versions of the KEDIT for Windows User's Guide and Reference Manual with the program. This has allowed us to sell downloadable copies of the program through our web site, eliminating a lot of the packaging, data entry, and shipping work that we previously had to do. We are not supplying printed manuals for KEDIT for Windows 1.6.1; the PDF-format documentation is the only documentation we are providing.
We have also moved from telephone-based to e-mail based technical support, so that technical support can now be handled by people working from home. We plan to provide e-mail based technical support, on a very limited, part-time basis, until at least June 2026. Our support is now focused on KEDIT for Windows running on 64-bit versions Windows 10 and 11.
Because organizations that use KEDIT, as well as individuals who change jobs, etc., may have a continuing need for additional KEDIT licenses, we plan to continue selling KEDIT through our web site until at least the end of 2025.
With all orders now going through the web, and with all technical support handled through e-mail, we closed our business office in 2008.
Use the KEDIT Mailing List Signup or Removal Form to join or unsubscribe from the KEDIT mailing list. This mailing list is the mechanism we will be using to notify you about any important KEDIT news, and about any new maintenance releases.
Current Version: KEDIT for Windows 1.6.1KEDIT for Windows 1.6.1 is the current maintenance release of KEDIT. KEDIT for Windows 1.6.1 is a 32-bit program (there is currently no 64-bit version), but the 32-bit version runs on 64-bit versions of Windows. Our support is now focused on KEDIT for Windows running on 64-bit versions of Windows 10 or Windows 11. Any new maintenance releases are expected to require a 64-bit version of Windows 10 or 11.
KEDIT for Windows 1.6.1 is a minor update to the previous release of the program (version 1.6, from December 2007). It fixes a bug that prevented KEDIT's DOS command from working on Windows 8 or later. This upgrade is free for all licensed users of previous versions of KEDIT for Windows, and of KEDIT for DOS or OS/2.
New licenses for KEDIT for Windows 1.6.1 cost $39.