Upgrade Method?

[hollow5555]

This may be a dumb question, and I apologize if it's posted somewhere (I did look and didn't find anything), but is there an approved "upgrade" method? I'm running an older version (2.1.5... I know, really old), and I was looking to upgrade to the newer versions with the web access capabilities. I was hoping there was a way to upgrade without having to uninstall the current version, install the new one, and then reconfigure everything from scratch because, to be honest, I don't remember all of the little configuration tweaks I made to make it all work.

Thanks in advance

[sub]

To upgrade, you just run the start menu shortcut to stop nextpvr recording service, then run the new installer. It'll do an in-place upgrade, and all your existing settings will be retained.

[hollow5555]

To upgrade, you just run the start menu shortcut to stop nextpvr recording service, then run the new installer. It'll do an in-place upgrade, and all your existing settings will be retained.

Outstanding! Great to hear!

There shouldn't be any issues going directly from 2.1.5 to 2.3.6? Do I need to do any intermediate versions?

[sub]

It should be fine going directly from 2.1.5 to 2.3.6.

[hollow5555]

It should be fine going directly from 2.1.5 to 2.3.6.

Thank you very much! Helpful as usual

[Jaggy]

I have noticed a few/number of uses mentioning uninstalling etc. before updating recently, maybe it would be worth mentioning in the release thread/message that the installer will update a current install??

[sub]

Yeah, I'll try to remember to mention it in the next release announcement.

[martint123]

To upgrade, you just run the start menu shortcut to stop nextpvr recording service, then run the new installer. It'll do an in-place upgrade, and all your existing settings will be retained.

<gentle cough> Myself I would make a copy of the database first "just in case" and this gives you a way back in the unlikely event of things going wrong.

[Reddwarf]

<gentle cough> Myself I would make a copy of the database first "just in case" and this gives you a way back in the unlikely event of things going wrong.

I usually back up both the whole data- and program directory before upgarding, better safe than sorry