[GNC] upgrading from v 3.8 to v 5.12

[sunfish62 at yahoo.com]

Others have given you the correct answer-- i.e. to upgrade to the latest version in each major release. Personally, I'd try a different approach, which is to copy your data file to a remote location, install 5.12, and see whether your file opens in 5.12 directly. 

If it opens without trouble, you save yourself the trouble of multiple installations and updates; if it doesn't work, then you haven't really lost much. You just go back to the copy and do the intervening steps all over again...

⁣David T. ​

On Aug 1, 2025, 11:02 AM, at 11:02 AM, Ian D Henry <iandhenry2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>I bought a new computer with windows 11.  I have been using v 3.8 for
>years
>on a windows 10 machine.  If I install v 5.12 can I open a 3.8 data
>file or
>are there intermediate steps I should take?
>
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>Ian D Henry
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