Upgrade 3.8.7 > 4.2, uninstalling mods

[Kirkus]

And this is why I ask questions before just moving ahead.

Originally Posted by Boofo

I would uninstall them before the upgrade myself. Since most of them won't work on vb 4 anyway, why have all the headaches after the upgrade?

That makes perfect sense, Boofo. Thank you!

Originally Posted by Yellow Slider

You shouldn't uninstall any modifications you wish to use in vB4 unless they don't store any data in the DB that is removed once you uninstall them.

So, for example, if you have the Thank You mod installed and you intend to keep it, you wouldn't want to uninstall it, as all of its data would get erased once you do so.

Thank you Yellow Slider! I do have one mod installed that has 8+ years of data associated with it. That would literally take days to redo.

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I think I'm going to remove the development site and redo it, uninstalling the mods that I'm not going to use BEFORE upgrading it to 4.2. And NOT uninstall the one with all that data associated with it. Thanks so much.