Thanks, very helpful. Roger On Wed, Apr 7, 2021, 11:38 AM Alan A Holmes <gnuc...@alanaholmes.me.uk> wrote:
> Roger, > > Adrian Monteleone gave a brilliant answer to this in the past. I can't work > out how to link to his reply so, with apologies to Adrian, his reply was as > follows :- > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ____________________________________ > > Per the FAQ in the Wiki, only upgrading from one major to the next > major release is supported. Skipping major releases is *not* supported. > > Thus for you, 2.6.21 > 3.11 > 4.2 would be okay. > > However, 2.6.21 > 4.2 *might* result in issues which *may* include > data loss or corruption. (no guarantees either way) You might get lucky, > you > might not. You might not, and not realize it for some time depending on the > nature of the corruption/loss. > > Properly upgrading *should* result in custom reports and other > settings being migrated properly. There were some migration issues with the > early 3.x series, but that was solved at some point. (not sure of the > cutoff > release, see release notes starting with 3.0 till about 3.3 or so if > curious.) > > Also per the FAQ and the Wiki, after opening your data file for the > first time with each new major version, you should run Action > Check & > Repair > Check & Repair All to make sure your book is adjusted to reflect > any changes to how GnuCash internally records data. This also can prevent > previous versions from reading the file after this point. > (this will vary by book, according to what features you were using in the > prior edition) The release notes for 3.0 and 4.0 should detail these > changes. > > Regards, > Adrien > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > __________________________________ > > The only difference is that GnuCash is now on version 4.5 rather than 4.2. > > As you're coming from 2.6.21 on Windows 7 you should be able to install > 3.11 > on Windows 10, and use the data file from your Windows 7 PC. > > Good luck. > > Alan A Holmes > > -----Original Message----- > From: gnucash-user > <gnucash-user-bounces+gnucash=alanaholmes.me...@gnucash.org> On Behalf Of > Roger Oliver > Sent: 07 April 2021 01:31 > To: Gnucash <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Subject: [GNC] Migrating and updating version 2 to 4 > > I'm running GnuCash 2.6.21 on a Windows 7 computer. I need to migrate the > system to a Windows 10 computer. Just need to be sure I understand any > complications I may encounter. Some questions. > > 1. Will I have any problems updating to version 4? > 2. Reading about version 4 on the GnuCash website, I think the only thing > we > won't be able to migrate will be the saved customized reports and > preferences. Is that correct? > 3. Am I reading the manual correctly that all we need to migrate our data > is > to copy the current data file to the location where version 4 keeps these > files. Is that still Documents/GunCash? > 4. As in the past, will version 4 update the data file automatically? > > Probably obvious answers, just that we update once in a blue moon. Hope I > haven't overlooked any protocols for this group. > > Thanks so much for the help, > Roger > _______________________________________________ > 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.
