I guess I was either thinking of multi-boot systems or virtual machines when I said different user space. If you use virtual machines, you can have many machines in one computer, but that requires a very powerful computer and lots of drive space to implement.
On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 7:20 PM Stan Brown (using GC 2.6.19) < stan...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > Thanks for the reply, David. Unfortunately I don't have the resources: > just a desktop and a laptop, both of which are used for production. > > I'm not quite clear on your other suggestion, "in a different user space > on the same computer". In Windows, the default location for installs is > some subfolder of "C:\Program Files" for 64-bit programs, "C:\Program > Files (x86)" for 32-bit programs. Those are system-wide folders, not > part of any particular user's file space. The GC 3.11 installer seems > not to let me specify installing to say a GnuCash3 subfolder, and I > don't want to overwrite GC 2.6.19. > > Stan Brown > Tehachapi, CA, USA > https://BrownMath.com > > On 2023-08-02 16:12, David Carlson wrote: > > Stan, > > > > If you have the resources, I think that the safest migration path would > > be to install the next level of GnuCash on a completely different > > computer or in a different user space on the same computer, and try it > > out on a separate test data file. > > > > This avoids all the potential issues of cross contamination between sets > > of data, too. > > > > On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 5:58 PM Stan Brown (using GC 2.6.19) > > <stan...@fastmail.fm <mailto:stan%2...@fastmail.fm>> wrote: > > > > After putting it off again and again, I'm finally ready to upgrade > to a > > more recent version. > > > > 1. I'm on 2.6.19 now. I know conventional advice is to upgrade to the > > last minor version of each major version in turn. Do I really need to > > upgrade to 2.6.21 before 3.11? If I really need to I will, but if > it's > > not necessary I'd just as soon save the time. > > > > 2. I'd like to have GC 2, 3, and 4 on my computer at the same time, > > installed to different directories of course, so that I can compare > > reports from those versions of my data file. But the Windows > installer > > of 3.11 doesn't seem to offer a way to set the installation > directory. > > Am I missing something, or will it truly install only to the default > > directory? > > > > 3. If I'm planning to run GC in English only, can I safely un-tick > the > > "Translation Files" item in the installer? > > > > I looked at <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Installation > > <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Installation>> but it didn't > > help with #2 and #3. And <https://www.gnucash.org/docs.phtml > > <https://www.gnucash.org/docs.phtml>> doesn't > > have any documentation for 3.11 or any other 3.x. > > > > -- > > Stan Brown > > Tehachapi, CA, USA > > https://BrownMath.com <https://BrownMath.com> > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > > > > -- > > David Carlson > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
