[GNC] upgrading from v 3.8 to v 5.12

[Kalpesh Patel]

For windows it will uninstall the old one before installing the new one. I recommend you, though, uninstall it manually, reboot, and then install the newer version. 

 

From: Ian D Henry <iandhenry2 at gmail.com> 
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2025 8:25 PM
To: Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] upgrading from v 3.8 to v 5.12

 

If I download a new version and install it, does it uninstall the existing version first or overwrite it or do I need to do that?

 

Ian

 

On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 at 20:23, Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net <mailto:kalpesh.patel at usa.net> > wrote:

Better yet see https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/

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Sent: Friday, August 01, 2025 5:07 PM
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Subject: RE: [GNC] upgrading from v 3.8 to v 5.12

You should first jump to latest version in 3 series release, then jump to latest version in 4 series release (I think it is 4.14) before finally jumping to latest 5 series release.

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From: Ian D Henry <iandhenry2 at gmail.com <mailto:iandhenry2 at gmail.com> > 
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2025 11:00 AM
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org> 
Subject: [GNC] upgrading from v 3.8 to v 5.12

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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