Saving Old Installations

[SusanG]

Hello,

We are running PowerChurch, version 11. We still have versions 9 and 10 installed. Is there any reason to leave these versions on my computer? Or can I uninstall them without regret?

I am wondering, for instance, if we wanted to load a backup from version 9 or 10 for research (not even sure if we would every need to do this), would we need version 9 or 10 installed to look at those backups. (At my previous job (at a bank), all data was saved at month end and would then be loaded onto the system for running reports as requested by auditors, etc.)

Thanks for your help.

Susan

[NeilZ]

Hello,

We are running PowerChurch, version 11. We still have versions 9 and 10 installed. Is there any reason to leave these versions on my computer? Or can I uninstall them without regret?

I am wondering, for instance, if we wanted to load a backup from version 9 or 10 for research (not even sure if we would every need to do this), would we need version 9 or 10 installed to look at those backups. (At my previous job (at a bank), all data was saved at month end and would then be loaded onto the system for running reports as requested by auditors, etc.)

Thanks for your help.

Susan

Frankly, I'd look at the last time you actually used version 9. If its longer than 4 years, then I wouldn't worry about it and delete it.

However, the reason you keep those old versions is for the reasons you stated, if you needed to get some old info for some reason, those old backups will not be able to be read by newer versions.

What I would do is just delete the icon from the desktop and leave it in the main MY PROGRAMS menu, and only have it accessible from one computer (the server) if you're networked. If you are networked, I would remove the share permissions from the PCPLUS9 and PCPLUS10 directories.