[GNC] Updates on Windows

[Joseph St. Denis]

My experience with upgrading Gnu cash in Windows 10 the previous icons are removed but are promptly restored to the latest version when the new version is finalized.

Joseph St. Denis

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From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+stdenis0=yahoo.com at gnucash.org> on behalf of Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2021 9:15:09 AM
To: David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: [GNC] Updates on Windows

David,

On Thu, January 21, 2021 9:09 am, David T. wrote:
> Derek,
>
> Thanks for the quick reply. Not being a Linux user (much), I immediately
> wonder whether the Linux removal and reinstallation process removes
> existing menu shortcuts that a user may have implemented, such as
> placing an icon on the OS menu bar. Do you know?

It shouldn't remove those bindings, as the bindings are stored in the
user-data area and not in the program-data area.

> David

-derek

>   On 1/21/2021 8:58 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> David,
>>
>> I will just suggest that it is Mac tht is the oddity here.
>> Linux packages also remove older versions when upgrading.
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> On Thu, January 21, 2021 8:53 am, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I've used GnuCash for a very long time, under different operating
>>> systems (currently GC4.4 on WIndows 10), and I have a minor question
>>> about the upgrade process under Windows.
>>>
>>> When I updated under MacOS, I was able to install multiple versions in
>>> parallel simply by renaming the app bundle in Applications (for
>>> example,
>>> from Gnucash.app to Gnucash-3.11.app). It was then possible to run
>>> either version, if needed. Under Windows, however, the installation
>>> process begins by removing the earlier version from the system.
>>>
>>> Setting aside the wisdom or folly aspect of having or running multiple
>>> versions of GnuCash, I am curious why it is that the Windows installer
>>> always removes the previous version before installing the next. While
>>> this is a minor point, it *does* have an effect in my daily usage. I
>>> pin
>>> the Gnucash icon to the taskbar, to make it easy to find and run
>>> (Aside:
>>> one of the things I like least about Windows 10 is its management of
>>> the
>>> Apps menu). When the new version gets installed, this is not preserved,
>>> and I have to re-pin the icon after every update. As I've already
>>> noted,
>>> this is a minor point, but it's the kind of oddity that sticks in my
>>> brain.
>>>
>>> Could someone explain this oddity to me?
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>>
>>> David
>>>
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