From: Samuli Seppänen Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:33:01 +0000 (+0300) Subject: Added notes about upgrading from 2.3-alpha1 and earlier to INSTALL-win32.txt X-Git-Tag: v2.3_alpha2~5 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0e77af9e2e3c66150fc26760bdee1172d888f911;p=thirdparty%2Fopenvpn.git Added notes about upgrading from 2.3-alpha1 and earlier to INSTALL-win32.txt Signed-off-by: Samuli Seppänen Acked-by: Gert Doering Message-Id: 1340703181-9185-1-git-send-email-samuli@openvpn.net URL: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/6779 Signed-off-by: David Sommerseth --- diff --git a/INSTALL-win32.txt b/INSTALL-win32.txt index 5a0f3a9f5..1ef3869cb 100644 --- a/INSTALL-win32.txt +++ b/INSTALL-win32.txt @@ -1,3 +1,28 @@ +UPGRADING FROM 2.3-ALPHA1 AND EARLIER + +OpenVPN Windows installer went through major changes in +2.3-alpha2. To avoid any unexpected behavior, it is strongly +suggested to upgrade as follows. + +First backup configuration files and certificates from your +current installation; by default they're in + + C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config (32-bit Windows) + C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenVPN\config (64-bit Windows) + +After this, stop the openvpn-gui or the openvpn service +wrapper, if either of them is running and uninstall OpenVPN. +Finally, remove the OpenVPN install directory entirely (e.g. +using Windows Explorer as administrator). + +Finally, install the new version of OpenVPN and copy over +your configuration files and certificates, which now go to + + C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config + +provided you did not install the 32-bit version on 64-bit +Windows. + IMPORTANT NOTE FOR WINDOWS VISTA/7 USERS Note that on Windows Vista, you will need to run the OpenVPN