Indeed, 2.6.1 had several problems. But it sounds possible that there’s something amiss with your file that 2.4 lets slide while 2.6 chokes. If 2.6.5 won’t load it, open a bug and attach the trace file [1] to it.
Regards, John Ralls [1] https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile> > On Feb 6, 2018, at 7:31 AM, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.