Upgrading - novacoin-project/novacoin GitHub Wiki

Upgrade procedure is quite simple. You need to close client and delete all files from application data files directory, except for novacoin.conf and wallet.dat.

Application data files location:

• ~/Library/Application Support/NovaCoin for Mac OS X
• ~/.novacoin for another UNIX-like systems
• %UserProfile%\Application Data\NovaCoin for NT 5 (Win 2000/XP, Win Server 2003/2003R2, Win XP x64 Edition)
• %UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\NovaCoin for NT 6 and greater (Win Vista/7/8)

After this you can follow the instructions on Install page. Before upgrading, make sure that you have last backup of your wallet.dat file.