Heide, The recommended procedure when updating GnuCash from an old version to a newer version is to first update to the last minor version of the major series number , e.g. for 2.6 this is I think either 2.6.19 or 2.6.21 before up grading to the 3.x series. If you are up grading to version 4.xyou would upgrade to the last V3 minor version which was 3.11 before upgrading to the current version 4 minor version. After each upgrade to the next major version run the Actions->Check and Repair procedure from the menu. This will fix any data file problems The reason for this is that any changes in the datafile only occur at changes of the major version. Each new major version will correct the data file from the previous major version for any changes in format that have been made with a run once procedure the first time the new version of GnuCash is run.
Your datafile location will remain at whatever location you saved it to originally during any upgrades. You may have to use the File->Open procedure from the menu to relocate it, if the location of the file is not automatically rememberd by GnuCash following the upgrade. That may not be the case for any stored or custom reports and user preferences. The locations of these have sometimes had to be changed as a result of changes to the underlying libraries that GnuCash uses and changes to the OS conventions. Documentation on this can be found at https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/basics-migrate-settings.html#:~:text=GnuCash%20preferences%20are%20stored%20in,machine%20to%20migrate%20your%20preferences.&text=On%20Unix%20and%20macOS%20%2C%20these,display%20in%20the%20file%20manager with more detail on the location changes for configuration, reports and user preference data at https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations for each GnuCash version on each of the operating systems it is used on. There are some diagrammatic representations for Linux, Windows and MacOSX linked about halfway down the page which you may find easier to follow than the more formal definitions of the locations on the page. For the stored and custom reports you may need to copy any that you have saved from the location specified for the previous version to the location specified for the newer version for your operating system. Once you are confident you have access to all your saved or custom reports you can usually delete the locations the data was stored in in the previous version you have just updated from. David Cousens On Tue, 2022-04-12 at 11:59 -0700, Heide Wang wrote: > I just updated from my Gnucash 2.6 to 4.9. Where can I find the update > instruction for 4.9? I know the basic is same as the old 2.6. I kept two set > of account on Gnucash, sometime I can go to the file to switch account, but > sometime when I switch, it said " the file xxxxxx.Guncash file could not be > found, the file is in the history list, do you want to remove it?” I never > remove the file. I want to find out what did I do wrong? > I am using MOS Catelina 10.15.7 > > Thanks for the advise as always. > > Heide > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
