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| author | Samuli Seppänen <samuli@openvpn.net> | 2012-06-26 12:33:01 +0300 |
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| committer | David Sommerseth <davids@redhat.com> | 2012-06-27 16:46:44 +0200 |
| commit | 0e77af9e2e3c66150fc26760bdee1172d888f911 (patch) | |
| tree | 83045cf3e09edc397c2ef2dc1eebe000c2f2dbfc | |
| parent | ce8271f5d435be963c79945f8d7eb6ea2e4369fa (diff) | |
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Added notes about upgrading from 2.3-alpha1 and earlier to INSTALL-win32.txt
Signed-off-by: Samuli Seppänen <samuli@openvpn.net>
Acked-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
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 <davids@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/INSTALL-win32.txt b/INSTALL-win32.txt index 5a0f3a9..1ef3869 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 |