[GNC] How do I Upgrade from 2.6.12 to v4?

[David Cousens]

Martin,

The locations reports were stored in changed from V2 to V3. There are diagrams
of the locations for each version on the wiki
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Diagrams_-_Windows

you will need to copy any saved reports in the V2.6 and older locations to the
locations specified for V3 on. You may have to edit them a bit for any recent
changes to the reports.

David Cousens


On Wed, 2023-02-01 at 11:23 +1300, Martin Taylor wrote:
> Made it to 3.11 successfully and all looks good so wish me luck for the next
> step to 4.13!
> 
>  
> 
> I notice that I’ve lost the saved report configurations so I guess I’ve just
> got to rebuild those from scratch once I land in 4.11. If I do it this way,
> will I need to rebuild again once I’ve moved from PC to mac?
> 
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> 
> M
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> 
> Martin Taylor
> 
> Mobile: +64 27 335 3577
> 
>  <https://www.martintaylor.nz/> https://www.martintaylor.nz/ 
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> 
> From: Gyle McCollam <gmccollam at live.com> 
> Sent: Wednesday, 1 February 2023 11:08 AM
> To: Martin Taylor <martin at martintaylor.nz>; 'Glenn Serre'
> <gaserre at spiresoftware.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] How do I Upgrade from 2.6.12 to v4?
> 
>  
> 
> Martin,
> 
> Since your computer can run window 10, yes just download and install 3.11 then
> run check and repair to verify it's all good.  Check it out some and then
> rinse and repeat for version 4.13.  Godd luck moving to a Mac.
> 
>  
> 
> Thank You,           
> 
> Gyle McCollam
> 
> Gyle McCollam
> 
>  <mailto:gmccollam at gyleshomes.com> gmccollam at live.com           email
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: gnucash-user
> <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user-
> bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org> > on behalf of Martin Taylor
> <martin at martintaylor.nz <mailto:martin at martintaylor.nz> >
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 4:47 PM
> To: 'Glenn Serre'
> <gaserre at spiresoftware.com <mailto:gaserre at spiresoftware.com> >
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org> 
> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org> >
> Subject: Re: [GNC] How do I Upgrade from 2.6.12 to v4? 
> 
>  
> 
> Data backed up 😉
> Am running Windows 10
> The two-step upgrade makes complete sense. I guess I just download and install
> v3.11 and take it from there 😉
> 
> M
> 
> Martin Taylor
> Mobile: +64 27 335 3577
> https://www.martintaylor.nz/ 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Serre
> <gaserre at spiresoftware.com <mailto:gaserre at spiresoftware.com> > 
> Sent: Wednesday, 1 February 2023 10:37 AM
> To: Martin Taylor <martin at martintaylor.nz <mailto:martin at martintaylor.nz> >
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org> 
> Subject: Re: [GNC] How do I Upgrade from 2.6.12 to v4?
> 
> Good afternoon,
> 
> Reminder: The first step should be to back up your data if you haven't
> already, especially if you are running on a dying PC.
> 
> -- Glenn S.
> 
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 1:21 PM Gyle McCollam
> <gmccollam at live.com <mailto:gmccollam at live.com> > wrote:
> > 
> > Martin,
> > Sorry to hear your PC is dying, but the upgrade is ot a complicated as you
> > think.  1st, what version of Windows are you running on the PC?  Next it is
> > recommended that you upgrade to a version 3.x, then run under "Actions"
> > Check and Repair.  After you have done that, you can upgrade to version 4.x
> > and run Check and Repair again.  You don't have to export or import at all. 
> > When the new version is installed, it will remove the old program, but NOT
> > your data.  The new version will be able to pick up right where you left
> > off.  To get to the right place, click on Help then About within GNUCASH. 
> > Near the bottom you will see a link to "Visit the GnuCash website."  There
> > you will see links to version 3.11 which you could use to upgrade from your
> > current version.  If your computer can handle it you will then be able to
> > upgrade to the current version.  Same thing applies to a Mac.  There is no
> > importing or exporting required, all you would have to do is install GnuCash
> > on the Mac, transfer your data files to the new machine and GnuCash will
> > take it from there.  If you have any reports saved on your old Gnucash that
> > could pose other difficulties.
> > 
> > 
> > Thank You,
> > 
> > Gyle McCollam
> > 
> > Gyle McCollam
> > 
> > gmccollam at live.com<mailto:gmccollam at gyleshomes.com>           email
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > From: gnucash-user
> > <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user-
> > bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org> > 
> > on behalf of Martin Taylor
> > <martin at martintaylor.nz <mailto:martin at martintaylor.nz> >
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 3:48 PM
> > To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org> 
> > <gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org> >
> > Subject: [GNC] How do I Upgrade from 2.6.12 to v4?
> > 
> > Hi
> > 
> > I’m a not very technical user whose been successfully running 2.6.12 on my
> > dying PC for about 8 years (since the imminent demise of MS Money!).
> > 
> > I’m looking at migrating from PC to a Mac laptop and found that in the
> > meantime that several newer versions of GnuCash have been released.
> > 
> > I’m assuming that it would be smart to upgrade before I migrate to the new
> > platform.
> > 
> > Within 2.6.12 I can’t find where or how to upgrade to a new version.  My
> > guess is that I simply download the latest version 4 for PC and then export
> > accounts and transactions from 2.6 and import them into 4. Am I on the right
> > track?
> > 
> > Having got that done, I would then imagine that I download the equivalent
> > version 4 for Mac to my laptop and again export and import the data.
> > 
> > Fingers crossed that I’m sending this to the correct user forum and 
> > that someone can provide me with some advice
> > 
> > Martin
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