Saving data before upgrading to 2.4.0

[Robert Plantz]

Thanks for your comments, Anthony.

So "uninstalling" should leave my data files in place?

Yes, I will definitely back up my data files before uninstalling
2.3.9 and installing 2.4.0. I've made that mistake several
times in the past, and I'm sure I'll do it again. :-)

--Bob

On 12/30/2010 8:58 PM, Anthony Dardis wrote:
> Just make a copy of the directory that your GnuCash files are in.
>
> 2.4.0 is data-file-compatible with 2.2.9, in fact I'm pretty sure you 
> can just switch back and forth. So when you start up 2.4 the first 
> time, it will just open your old file with all your stuff in it.
>
> But it's always nice to have something for a backup just in case.
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:45:48 -0500, Robert Plantz <rgplantz at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> (My apologies for sending this twice. I accidentally sent it the
>> first time from another account, which needs moderator approval.)
>>
>> I'm running 2.3.9 on Windows 7. I downloaded gnucash-2.4.0-setup.exe.
>> There was a warning on the download page saying that I "should uninstall
>> any earlier GnuCash version...prior to installing 2.4.0." How do I
>> preserve all the data I've already entered into gnucash over the years?
>>
>>
>> I say "years" because I've been using gnucash on Ubuntu for several
>> years now. When I decided to do my financial stuff on Windows 7, I
>> simply copied the files from my Ubuntu installation.
>>
>> --Bob
>>
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