Re: [GNC] Run GnuCash Upgrades Side-by-side With Older Versions

2019-04-18 Thread Fred Bone
On 18 April 2019 at 10:51, Justin Mathew said: > Can the OP or anyone update whether the portable version worked parallel > to the installed version? > While I haven't used a recent edition via PortableApps, I did try v3 that way when it first came out, and it worked exactly as expected - somew

Re: [GNC] Run GnuCash Upgrades Side-by-side With Older Versions

2019-04-18 Thread Justin Mathew via gnucash-user
Try that portable package. Good luck. - Regards, Justin Mathew mjus...@protonmail.com Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Thursday, April 18, 2019 6:28 PM, Greg Feneis wrote: > I (OP) haven't got around to trying it yet. Originally

Re: [GNC] Run GnuCash Upgrades Side-by-side With Older Versions

2019-04-18 Thread Greg Feneis
I (OP) haven't got around to trying it yet. Originally I upgraded from 2.6.21 to 3.5 and hand a problem with it, so went back to 2.6.21. I understand that problem's been fixed. So I thought I'd try it out. But I thought I would try to install it without uninstalling 2.6.21. I'm still hoping fo

Re: [GNC] Run GnuCash Upgrades Side-by-side With Older Versions

2019-04-18 Thread Justin Mathew via gnucash-user
Can the OP or anyone update whether the portable version worked parallel to the installed version? - Regards, Justin Mathew mjus...@protonmail.com Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tuesday, April 16, 2019 6:32 PM, Justin Mathew wr

Re: [GNC] Run GnuCash Upgrades Side-by-side With Older Versions

2019-04-16 Thread Justin Mathew via gnucash-user
Ah, well I couldn't get that point. I guess the only way for OP is to try a virtual box if running both version is equally important. - Regards, Justin Mathew mjus...@protonmail.com Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tuesday, April

Re: [GNC] Run GnuCash Upgrades Side-by-side With Older Versions

2019-04-16 Thread David Carlson
The whole point of OP's asking this question is how to cope with the fact that the 3.x series ruins Windows for using the 2.6.x series except 2.6.21, but some features are permanently broken and can only be reverted at great manual effort. That is why some of us are so slow to update. David Carls

Re: [GNC] Run GnuCash Upgrades Side-by-side With Older Versions

2019-04-16 Thread Justin Mathew via gnucash-user
Sorry, disregard my below email. Take a look at this -> https://portableapps.com/apps/office/gnucash_portable It also says, "GnuCash Portable can run from a cloud folder, external drive, or local folder without installing into Windows. It's even better with the PortableApps.com Platform for eas

Re: [GNC] Run GnuCash Upgrades Side-by-side With Older Versions

2019-04-16 Thread Justin Mathew via gnucash-user
For which platform? - Regards, Justin Mathew mjus...@protonmail.com Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tuesday, April 16, 2019 5:36 PM, David Carlson wrote: > Are there instructions somewhere on how to run a portableapps session? > > David Carlson > > On T

Re: [GNC] Run GnuCash Upgrades Side-by-side With Older Versions

2019-04-16 Thread David Carlson
Are there instructions somewhere on how to run a portableapps session? David Carlson On Tue, Apr 16, 2019, 3:30 AM Christopher Lam wrote: > You can always run a portableapps session. > > On Mon., 15 Apr. 2019, 23:59 Greg Feneis, wrote: > > > Win 7-64, GnuCash 6.2.21 > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > I

Re: [GNC] Run GnuCash Upgrades Side-by-side With Older Versions

2019-04-16 Thread Christopher Lam
You can always run a portableapps session. On Mon., 15 Apr. 2019, 23:59 Greg Feneis, wrote: > Win 7-64, GnuCash 6.2.21 > > Hi Folks, > > Is there a way to install a new version without uninstalling the old > version? The install wizard doesn't seem to let me select the install > location, while

Re: [GNC] Run GnuCash Upgrades Side-by-side With Older Versions

2019-04-16 Thread davidbrown.rdps
un GnuCash Upgrades Side-by-side With Older Versions Greg, The only way I know is to use two different computers and two different data files. David Carlson On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 11:00 AM Greg Feneis < <mailto:mfen...@gmail.com> mfen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Win 7-64, GnuCa

Re: [GNC] Run GnuCash Upgrades Side-by-side With Older Versions

2019-04-15 Thread D via gnucash-user
Two logins? On April 15, 2019, at 11:09 PM, David Carlson wrote: Greg, The only way I know is to use two different computers and two different data files. David Carlson On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 11:00 AM Greg Feneis wrote: > Win 7-64, GnuCash 6.2.21 > > Hi Folks, > > Is there a way to install

Re: [GNC] Run GnuCash Upgrades Side-by-side With Older Versions

2019-04-15 Thread David Carlson
Greg, The only way I know is to use two different computers and two different data files. David Carlson On Mon, Apr 15, 2019, 11:00 AM Greg Feneis wrote: > Win 7-64, GnuCash 6.2.21 > > Hi Folks, > > Is there a way to install a new version without uninstalling the old > version? The install wi

[GNC] Run GnuCash Upgrades Side-by-side With Older Versions

2019-04-15 Thread Greg Feneis
Win 7-64, GnuCash 6.2.21 Hi Folks, Is there a way to install a new version without uninstalling the old version? The install wizard doesn't seem to let me select the install location, while it appears to require uninstalling the old version before installing the new version. Currently, GnuCash