Thanks for the kind words, but please remember to copy the list on all replies.
Regards, John Ralls > On Jan 18, 2021, at 9:58 AM, W. Michael Schoel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear John > Thanks for your help and that from the rest of Gnucash, I am a strong > supporter of the open source community ( I prefer the term giftware as > generosity is the primary foundation of the community and what keeps it > going). Because of the particulars of my current life situation I am pretty > much on the receiving end of this generosity but also most appreciative of it. > To sum up : In the end I was able to move directly to Gnucash 4.4 Portable > with minimal effort. A number of years ago I made the decision to move to > using portable apps as much as possible possible as this greatly simplified > backup and maintenance of my computer system and data. I could demonstrate > that I could be up and running from a complete computer crash or move to a > new computer in less than an hour with no data loss and the new system being > a perfect mirror of the old. To do this I use a number of procedures but the > main one is having a PortableApps folder nest to my as empty as possible > Programs folder. Over the years portable versions of applications have become > more common and a number of Windows installers now have to option of choosing > a portable install come up at the start of the installation (no need to go > looking for a portable version). More recently I have been switching to linux > for more and more of my computing and am finding that the linux offerings to > this approach is not nearly as clean or simple. I have no appreciation of the > effort required but it would be nice if GnuCash fully adopted the Portable > and AppImage approach. This is particularly useful when using something like > Gnucash where preventing data loss and speeding up recovery from computer > problems are so important. > Just my opinion so far things have worked well for me and I thank you all for > your great work and support I like using the software and have minimal issues > even though I only use it for my personal finances which means only a few > times a month. > Best Regards > Michael > > > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Friday, January 15, 2021 9:30 PM, John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >>> On Jan 15, 2021, at 3:24 PM, W. Michael Schoel via gnucash-user >>> [email protected] wrote: >>> I am presently using GnuCash Portable 2.6.19 on win-10 and am attempting to >>> upgrade to GnuCash Portable 4.4 which is already installed and with the >>> accounts transferred from the older version. The accounts are all empty and >>> all my attempts to transfer the entry data have failed. I am concerned that >>> if my computer died I would loose all my GnuCAsh Data. >>> assistance would be appreciated >> >> 1. Make a proper backup of your GnuCash data (and any other data that you >> value) to at least two separate disks, one local and one as remote as you >> can manage so that you can recover if your disk or computer fails or your >> house burns down. >> 2. Set up a routine so that backup happens frequently. >> 3. To safeguard against data corruption, keep old backups. >> >> Now to the GnuCash issues: >> >> Portable Apps has in the past patched GnuCash sources, so we generally >> don't support their port. Supported GnuCash binaries are available from >> links at the top of https://www.gnucash.org. >> >> No "transfer" is needed, GnuCash is able to open files from a previous >> version. For absolute safety we strongly recommend that you load into the >> last dot release of each major series and run check and repair, then save >> and move to the next major. Since your' starting at 2.6.19 you should first >> install 3.11 and load your book(s), run check and repair, and save before >> trying to load them in 4.4. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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.
