Best way to upgrade a portable installation?

2015-09-14 18:57:21

Hi.  I've been running 1.3.2, customized and configured in a portable installation for about 1.5 years.  I'd like to upgrade to the newest version of Foobar.

What is the easiest/best/sanest way to "upgrade" a portable installation and not lose all settings and plugins and have to redo everything from scratch?




thank you

Best way to upgrade a portable installation?

Reply #1 – 2015-09-14 19:21:26

1) Close/exit foobar2000
2) Zip the folder for temporary backup
3) Install the latest foobar2000 as portable OVER the same folder you are using, foobar2000 will automatically update/upgrade
4) Test
5) Delete or store the temporary zip backup for a month etc.

I suggest you wait for the 1.3.9 to be released, it's almost there.

Best way to upgrade a portable installation?

Reply #2 – 2015-09-14 19:48:40

i've upgraded the same portable install with every beta/release going for years and i've never had a problem. i always keep a backup of my config but that's because i'm more worried about hardware failure than anything going wrong during the upgrade.

Best way to upgrade a portable installation?

Reply #3 – 2015-09-14 20:01:44

Always updated to betas as well but common users want something stable, that doesn't expire and that doesn't show BETA on the titlebar

jaynyc, foobar2000 beta versions are perfect as well.

Best way to upgrade a portable installation?

Reply #4 – 2015-09-14 20:11:59

i must admit, i forgot about betas expiring. if my install of foobar ever expires the only possible reason could be that i've expired first.

Best way to upgrade a portable installation?

Reply #5 – 2015-09-14 20:48:01

thank you all - that was much easier than I thought it was going to be!