Questions tagged [upgrade]

This tag refers to the process of replacing a particular system with a newer version of the same system

With computer , an upgrade is a term that describes adding or replacing physical components to a computer that improves its performance.

When referring to software, a software upgrade generally refers to any major upgrade to the software that adds significant changes to the program.

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Upgrading a WinForms app to WPF

I have a side project that I wrote a few years ago in WinForms. To better help me learn WPF, I would like to rewrite it in WPF. Ideally, I would like to just modify the current project that I have and rewrite the UI in WPF instead of creating a new…
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Can you upgrade Visual Studio 2015/2017 from Professional to Enterprise?

If Visual Studio 2015 (and 2017) are installed from MSDN using a Visual Studio Professional ISO, can it later be upgraded to Enterprise using a new license key? ...or does it require a complete uninstall/reinstall of Visual Studio?
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PHP version upgrade 5.3.25 to 5.6

We have a requirement for upgrading the PHP version (5.3.25) to current stable version which is 5.6.17. So, for this we need to find which approach would be best. Step by step approach, in which we can upgrade from 5.3.X to 5.4.X, 5.4.X to 5.5.X…
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Upgrade to numpy 1.8.0 on Ubuntu 12.04

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 which comes by default with NumPy 1.6.0 (I have, actually had, Python 2.7.3 installed). As a result of the answer to this question polyfit() got an unexpected keyword argument 'w', I need to upgrade it. I downloaded the…
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How to keep a config file when major upgrade in wix v3.8?

I want to keep a config file when the msi installer does a major upgrade. For the config file, I make a change when installing. The code is as follows:
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Upgrading Azure Function From 3.1 to .Net 5 Give "GenerateFunctionMetadata" task could not be loaded

I'm trying to update Azure Function from 3.1 to .Net 5. I am following the below article https://codetraveler.io/2021/02/12/creating-azure-functions-using-net-5/ I created a new Time Triggered Function version 3.1 and followed the above…
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Upgrading from T2.medium to T3.medium

My instance (Amazon AMI) has two network interfaces : eth0 and eth1. I would like to upgrade from T2.Medium to T3.Medium. But, it gives me an error saying : Enhanced networking with the Elastic Network Adapter (ENA) is required for the…
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How to upgrade/update makeinfo/texinfo from version 4.8 to 4.13 on macOSX terminal command line?

I have makeinfo 4.8 already installed. Command line typing $ makeinfo --version returns makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 4.8. I'd like to update the version to the latest 4.13. I've found relevant info here and here. I'm new to command line/bash/git...…
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Rails 3 deprecated methods and APIs

Where can one find a list of deprecated methods, APIs, etc, in order to upgrade from Rails 2.x to Rails 3?
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Upgrade SQLite database from one version to another?

I am getting an error from Logcat saying that a certain column (in my SQLiteOpenHelper subclass) does not exist. I thought I could upgrade the database by changing the DATABASE_CREATE string. But apparently not, so how can I (step-by-step) upgrade…
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How to upgrade Android's Webview in Emulator (Android 5)

Android 5.0.0 running in emulator appears to not take Web View updates. That is, Android System Webview installs just fine from the Play Store (link). However, the browser continues to use the older stock WebView (according to the user-agent…
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How to get WiX major upgrade working?

I am struggling to enable the major upgrade functionality in WiX. I want every new version of the installer to be a major upgrade (full uninstall, then new install) as we don't want different upgrade and clean install versions. I started off trying…
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How to prevent your code from becoming obsolete?

Some programmers here have been developing a project in VB6, and they say they now need to upgrade to vb.net if they want their apps to run on newer/future systems as vb6 is going to be history soon. So there is this huge application they have been…
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Upgrade PHP from version 5.2 to 5.3

I've been using PHP version 5.2 and now need to upgrade to version 5.3 (Windows/Apache). I have been using 5.2 for awhile now and have customized many things in php.ini and added some extra extensions. How can I upgrade to version 5.3 without…
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Forcing an upgrade of a file that is modified during its initial installation

I'm working on the upgrade feature for my WiX-based installer. As part of the instalation, we are installing a web.config file and then using a custom action to update the connection strings inside the file. But this causes a problem when we run…
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