[GNC] upgrading from v 3.8 to v 5.12

[R Losey]

For what it's worth, I have never done a manual uninstallation when
upgrading. I have GnuCash installed on Windows 10, Ubuntu, and MacOS 15.5.

But I have never jumped major versions; I tend to install versions as they
become available.


On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net> wrote:

> 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.
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> 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
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> 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?
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> Ian
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> On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 at 20:23, Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net <mailto:
> kalpesh.patel at usa.net> > wrote:
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> Better yet see
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net <mailto:kalpesh.patel at usa.net>
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> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2025 5:07 PM
> To: 'Ian D Henry' <iandhenry2 at gmail.com <mailto:iandhenry2 at gmail.com> >; '
> 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] upgrading from v 3.8 to v 5.12
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> 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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> -----Original Message-----
> 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
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> 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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