[GNC] Upgrading to the latest version

[John Ralls]

> On Mar 30, 2019, at 5:59 AM, Courtney Perry via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Guys,I have been using GnuCash since 2011. However, it is a whilesince I have upgraded the version and I am not sure which version I amcurrently using. My Operating System is Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit. How do I upgrade to the latest version without losing anydata? How do I check the version I am currently using and which of the latest version do you recommend?
> Thank you for all the help and assistance.
> Regards,Courtney

Courtney,

The GnuCash version is in Help>About.

To upgrade just download the latest installer--there will be a new one tomorrow--and run it. In most cases GnuCash 3.x will load an old file, even one from GnuCash 2.4, without any problems. 

If it fails, though, you can try intermediate releases from https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/. Same procedure: Download and run the installer. Stepping through the last release of each stable series should resolve any problems,
so if you're using 2.4.something then install 2.4.14, load and save the file, then install 2.6.21, load and save the file, and finally 3.5 (tomorrow's release).

Regards,
John Ralls