Upgrading

Upgrading

Installed

For installed versions of OGCS, the simplest method of upgrading is:

1. Click the About tab
2. Check the Check for Alpha releases box if appropriate
3. Click Check for Update
4. Opt to upgrade if a newer release is found

New releases are rolled out gradually, so these steps may not find the upgrade immediately. If so, or the upgrade fails for some reason⁽¹⁾, you can simply download the latest OGCS_Setup.exe from the Assets section at the bottom of the Releases page, or from the main website, and execute the file once downloaded.

Portable

For versions of OGCS that have been extracted from the distributed ZIP file to a custom location:

💾 Download the ZIP file from the Downloads section at the bottom of the Releases page, or from the main website.

To replace the current version

• Simply extract the new ZIP file into the same folder OGCS is currently running from

To retain the current version (eg for rollback)

• Copy the folder (eg. C:\app\OGCS_v282 to C:\app\OGCS_v283)
• Extract the new ZIP file into the new copied folder.

Maintaining / backing up configuration settings

Check the status of Settings > Application Behaviour > Make application portable

• If it is checked, configuration will be held in the settings.xml file in the same directory as the outlookgooglecalendarsync.exe file. If the new version was extracted to a new folder, copy the settings.xml file from the previous extract location to the new one, in order to continue using the same configuration.
• If it is unchecked (not the default setting), configuration will be automatically picked up in the next version. It may be advisable to copy the settings.xml file in %APPDATA%\Outlook Google Calendar Sync - eg to settings-v282.xml. This will allow for reverting back to the settings associated with C:\app\OGCS_v282.

Migrating to New Computer

If you are setting up a new computer but would like to retain your OGCS settings, and still have access to the computer that previously had OGCS installed, simply copy the folder %APPDATA%\Outlook Google Calendar Sync (copy and paste this into the address bar of Windows Explorer) to the new machine.

Foot Notes

¹ GitHub change breaks OGCS upgrade mechanism