Saving data before upgrading to 2.4.0

Anthony Dardis adardis at gmail.com
Fri Dec 31 00:06:29 EST 2010


as far as I know, uninstalling 2.2.9 shouldn't remove your data. But I'm  
not a Windows user, so perhaps someone else can confirm this. But if you  
save a copy of the directory, it doesn't matter either way.




On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:03:31 -0500, Robert Plantz <rgplantz at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> 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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