[GNC] Installing 3.11 in Windows

[Stan Brown (using GC 2.6.19)]

On 2023-08-02 19:42, David Carlson wrote:
> I guess I was either thinking of multi-boot systems or virtual machines
> when I said different user space.  If you use virtual machines, you can
> have many machines in one computer, but that requires a very powerful
> computer and lots of drive space to implement.

Like you, I thought about virtual machines. I principle they're
straightforward to set up, but in practice there are a lot of fiddly
details, like file sharing with part of the host machine. I'm actually
running 4.13 in a VM currently: when I set up bookkeeping for a
nonprofit last winter, that was the latest version. But there are
various nuisances associated with it. Still, I may have to do that if
there's no better way.

It's disappointing that the Windows installer doesn't let the user
choose the install location. That's a pretty standard install option for
Windows applications. When I get to 5.x, if that installer has the same
lack I'll file an enhancement request.

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com