# Application Does Not Open

**URL:** <https://forum.manager.io/t/application-does-not-open/8212>\
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**Created:** [January 3, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/application-does-not-open/8212 "2017-01-03T21:52:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brucanna](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/brucanna/32/1960_2.png) [@Brucanna](https://forum.manager.io/u/Brucanna)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/application-does-not-open/8212/4 "2017-01-03T23:30:53Z")

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Three things

1. You will need to keep both machines on the same version to avoid potential data conflicts.
2. Generally there is no need to uninstall prior to downloading / updating
3. If you maintain your data files on a cloud storage folder (like Dropbox) and change your Application Path under About Manager to suit, then you remove the need to backup / restore when moving between machines. Read the discussion here

> [@Relocating Data Filies](https://forum.manager.io/t/relocating-data-filies/4600):
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> The object is to relocate the data files from appdata/local/manager to Dropbox for external backup. First, I created a Manager folder in Dropbox and then changed the path under About Manager. After changing the path and clicking Update the appdata-manager path still displayed but after a couple of Change/Update clicks the new dropbox-manager path displayed. [image] Second, I “moved” (not copied) the 4 files from appdata-manager to dropbox-manager and deleted the appdata-manager folder. On ope…

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