2020 Upgrade

[Joe]

The upgrade from CM 2018 to CM 2020 simply installed another program and then imports the data from the old data files.  That has all gone well, however, the old CM 2018 program is still installed and two years worth of routinely backed up data files still exist.  Is there a "safe" way to delete this now useless (and very large) set of files.  Do I just use standard program delete procedures?

[admin]

Hi, with the 2020 edition you are able to delete the 2018 edition, but afterwards you would need to install 2020 again as the 2018 install will delete the stock images.  I know this is not good, but going forward the changes we have made will mean … in 2021 you will be able to uninstall the 2020 version with no effect on the 2021.

regarding the backup files, we would never delete the backup folder during an uninstall as it may contain data the user still needs

[Clinton at USCoinNews]

Completed the upgraded earlier today - no issues with deleting the 2019 version and "reinstalling" the 2020 version to get the default images back. Worked like a champ. VERY happy to see that next year this will be a non-issue.

[Joe]

Thanks.  Completed the 2020 CM install as directed by "admin" and all in well.  No issues at all with the new program and the data import. The deletion of the 2018 program went well and I selectively deleted quite a bit of the "back-up" data files.  Again, thanks for the support.