Question: Update Best practices

[Willxiam]

Just posted an issue and noticed there is an update. What is the best way to update. Is it best to uninstall and then install again or is it best to install the new release over the previous installed version.
Thanks again for making this available.

Did not see anything in the documentation.
Windows Setup instructions provides the following information:
"On Windows, the process is even simpler: You only need to double-click the installer. It will automatically install the app for your user and you will not need to give it administrative access. After it has been installed, a small window will appear on top of the LocalChat window that will install an updater. At the time of writing, LocalChat does not yet possess the ability to update itself automatically, however we plan on implementing this in the future.

After the app has been launched, you should pin it to your task bar or create a Desktop shortcut for it, since it can be difficult to find the installer later on.

You can uninstall LocalChat by uninstalling the app from the list of installed programs."

[nathanlesage]

It is safe to simply install an update over an older installation. The setup will make sure to remove old files and add new files (keeping your config).

In the coming weeks I'm also planning on finally implementing auto-updating so that you don't have to manually come and visit the releases page here anymore (I'll announce that in the release notes once it's ready).

… and maybe I'll be able to fix the issue that it's almost impossible to find the installed version again in the windows start menu …