On 5 February 2018 at 7:50, John Ralls said: > > > > On Feb 5, 2018, at 7:31 AM, Eric Rempel <egrem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I have been using Gnucash 2.4 for some 5 years on my Windows 7 system. > > I'm very happy with it. Over the weekend I upgraded to 2.6.19. 2.6 would > > not open an up-to-date data file, and when I tried to print a report, > > the application froze. I have been able to re-install 2.4 and now and > > everything is working as before. I'm happy. I would like to upgrade to > > 2.6 but am now afraid. What did I do wrong? > > While we try to maintain file compatibility through a series we don’t do > much in the way of back-testing and some things may drift over the years. > I suggest that you upgrade in steps, perhaps 2.6.5-> 2.6.10-> > 2.6.15->2.6.19. All of the installers are available on Sourceforge: > https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/ > <https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20(stable)/>
I am currently using 2.4.12. I have a PortableApps copy of 2.6.17 which opened my (2.4.12) file just fine last time I tried it. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
