[GNC] Run GnuCash Upgrades Side-by-side With Older Versions

[David Carlson]

The whole point of OP's asking this question is how to cope with the fact
that the 3.x series ruins Windows for using the 2.6.x series except 2.6.21,
but some features are permanently broken and can only be reverted at great
manual effort.

That is why some of us are so slow to update.

David Carlson

On Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 7:47 AM Justin Mathew <mjustin at protonmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry, disregard my below email.
>
> Take a look at this ->
> https://portableapps.com/apps/office/gnucash_portable
>
> It also says, "GnuCash Portable can run from a cloud folder, external
> drive, or local folder without installing into Windows. It's even better
> with the PortableApps.com Platform for easy installs and automatic updates."
>
> Concerning the original post, if the installer explicitly tells you that
> you have to uninstall the older version, I don't think you can install two
> version of GnuCash in the same system.
>
> However, if it doesn't, then perhaps you can move your current old version
> to a different directory, and install the new version in the default
> directory. You can start GnuCash from both of these directories later.
>
> Please try this at your own risk. I don't use Windows anymore, so not sure
> if it'd work.
>
>
> -
> Regards,
> Justin Mathew
> mjustin at protonmail.com
>
> Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.
>
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Tuesday, April 16, 2019 6:10 PM, Justin Mathew <mjustin at protonmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > For which platform?
> >
> >
> > ---------------------
> >
> > Regards,
> > Justin Mathew
> > mjustin at protonmail.com
> >
> > Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.
> >
> > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> > On Tuesday, April 16, 2019 5:36 PM, David Carlson
> david.carlson.417 at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > Are there instructions somewhere on how to run a portableapps session?
> > > David Carlson
> > > On Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 3:30 AM Christopher Lam
> christopher.lck at gmail.com
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > You can always run a portableapps session.
> > > > On Mon., 15 Apr. 2019, 23:59 Greg Feneis, mfeneis at gmail.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Win 7-64, GnuCash 6.2.21
> > > > > Hi Folks,
> > > > > Is there a way to install a new version without uninstalling the
> old
> > > > > version? The install wizard doesn't seem to let me select the
> install
> > > > > location, while it appears to require uninstalling the old version
> before
> > > > > installing the new version.
> > > > > Currently, GnuCash resides at C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\
> > > > > If I had a choice, I might like C:\Program Files
> (x86)\gnucash\6.2.21\
> > > > > for
> > > > > my current installation, and C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\3.5.1\
> for
> > > > > the
> > > > > install I'm about to do, and so on.
> > > > > Kind regards,
> > > > > Greg Feneis
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