Upgrade, 2.4 to 2.6 creates problems

[Fred Bone]

On 5 February 2018 at 7:50, John Ralls said:

> 
> 
> > On Feb 5, 2018, at 7:31 AM, Eric Rempel <egrempel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I have been using Gnucash 2.4 for some 5 years on my Windows 7 system.
> > I'm very happy with it. Over the weekend I upgraded to 2.6.19. 2.6 would
> > not open an up-to-date data file, and when I tried to print a report,
> > the application froze. I have been able to re-install 2.4 and now and
> > everything is working as before. I'm happy. I would like to upgrade to
> > 2.6 but am now afraid. What did I do wrong?
> 
> While we try to maintain file compatibility through a series we don’t do
> much in the way of back-testing and some things may drift over the years.
> I suggest that you upgrade in steps, perhaps 2.6.5-> 2.6.10->
> 2.6.15->2.6.19. All of the installers are available on Sourceforge:
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/
> <https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20(stable)/>

I am currently using 2.4.12. I have a PortableApps copy of 2.6.17 which 
opened my (2.4.12) file just fine last time I tried it.