Try that portable package. Good luck. - Regards, Justin Mathew mjus...@protonmail.com
Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Thursday, April 18, 2019 6:28 PM, Greg Feneis <mfen...@gmail.com> wrote: > I (OP) haven't got around to trying it yet. Originally I upgraded from > 2.6.21 to 3.5 and hand a problem with it, so went back to 2.6.21. I > understand that problem's been fixed. So I thought I'd try it out. But I > thought I would try to install it without uninstalling 2.6.21. I'm still > hoping for a way to directly install a new version without uninstalling an > old version. > > Kind regards, > > Greg Feneis > > On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 3:56 AM Justin Mathew via gnucash-user > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > >> Can the OP or anyone update whether the portable version worked parallel to >> the installed version? >> >> - >> Regards, >> Justin Mathew >> mjus...@protonmail.com >> >> Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email. >> >> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ >> On Tuesday, April 16, 2019 6:32 PM, Justin Mathew <mjus...@protonmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Ah, well I couldn't get that point. >>> >>> I guess the only way for OP is to try a virtual box if running both version >>> is equally important. >>> >>> - >>> Regards, >>> Justin Mathew >>> mjus...@protonmail.com >>> >>> Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email. >>> >>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ >>> On Tuesday, April 16, 2019 6:27 PM, David Carlson >>> <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> The whole point of OP's asking this question is how to cope with the fact >>>> that the 3.x series ruins Windows for using the 2.6.x series except >>>> 2.6.21, but some features are permanently broken and can only be reverted >>>> at great manual effort. >>>> >>>> That is why some of us are so slow to update. >>>> >>>> David Carlson >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 7:47 AM Justin Mathew <mjus...@protonmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sorry, disregard my below email. >>>>> >>>>> Take a look at this -> >>>>> https://portableapps.com/apps/office/gnucash_portable >>>>> >>>>> It also says, "GnuCash Portable can run from a cloud folder, external >>>>> drive, or local folder without installing into Windows. It's even better >>>>> with the PortableApps.com Platform for easy installs and automatic >>>>> updates." >>>>> >>>>> Concerning the original post, if the installer explicitly tells you that >>>>> you have to uninstall the older version, I don't think you can install >>>>> two version of GnuCash in the same system. >>>>> >>>>> However, if it doesn't, then perhaps you can move your current old >>>>> version to a different directory, and install the new version in the >>>>> default directory. You can start GnuCash from both of these directories >>>>> later. >>>>> >>>>> Please try this at your own risk. I don't use Windows anymore, so not >>>>> sure if it'd work. >>>>> >>>>> - >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Justin Mathew >>>>> mjus...@protonmail.com >>>>> >>>>> Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. >>>>> >>>>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ >>>>> On Tuesday, April 16, 2019 6:10 PM, Justin Mathew >>>>> <mjus...@protonmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> For which platform? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> --------------------- >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Justin Mathew >>>>>> mjus...@protonmail.com >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. >>>>>> >>>>>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ >>>>>> On Tuesday, April 16, 2019 5:36 PM, David Carlson >>>>>> david.carlson....@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> > Are there instructions somewhere on how to run a portableapps session? >>>>>> > David Carlson >>>>>> > On Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 3:30 AM Christopher Lam christopher....@gmail.com >>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>> > >>>>>> > > You can always run a portableapps session. >>>>>> > > On Mon., 15 Apr. 2019, 23:59 Greg Feneis, mfen...@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > > Win 7-64, GnuCash 6.2.21 >>>>>> > > > Hi Folks, >>>>>> > > > Is there a way to install a new version without uninstalling the >>>>>> > > > old >>>>>> > > > version? The install wizard doesn't seem to let me select the >>>>>> > > > install >>>>>> > > > location, while it appears to require uninstalling the old version >>>>>> > > > before >>>>>> > > > installing the new version. >>>>>> > > > Currently, GnuCash resides at C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\ >>>>>> > > > If I had a choice, I might like C:\Program Files >>>>>> > > > (x86)\gnucash\6.2.21\ >>>>>> > > > for >>>>>> > > > my current installation, and C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\3.5.1\ >>>>>> > > > for >>>>>> > > > the >>>>>> > > > install I'm about to do, and so on. >>>>>> > > > Kind regards, >>>>>> > > > Greg Feneis >>>>>> > > > 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. >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > > 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. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > 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. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. _______________________________________________ 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. 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