Eric It is really taxing my brain to remember the early days of release 2 .6 but it is a good guess that 2.6.1 was not a good release.
Try going to 2.6.5 as John suggested. David C On Feb 6, 2018 9:13 AM, "Eric Rempel" <egrem...@gmail.com> wrote: I am using 2.4.15. I loaded 2.6.1 and it will not open an up-to-date or complete file of my data. Fortunately when I go back to 2.4 everything is fine. On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 11:20 AM, Fred Bone <fred.b...@dial.pipex.com> wrote: > 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. > > -- Eric Rempel (204) 326-9621 _______________________________________________ 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.
