Woosage50 32/64bit Architecture Strategy

Woosage50 32/64bit Architecture Strategy

Versions of Sage 50 Accounts from V30 onwards are available as a 64-bit version to improve the performance and compatibility with other 64-bit applications. Sage are continuing to provide a 32-bit version but new releases of the 32-bit version will no longer have automatic updates.  Their long term plan is to move to a solely 64-bit version, but they have not stated timescales for the transition.

Woosage50 is now available as a 32-bit version or a 64-bit version and in order to focus developments on enhancing Woosage50, as opposed to maintaining two versions, we will only be adding new features to the 64-bit version with immediate effect and we advise clients to migrate to the 64-bit version of Sage if they are running Sage 30 or greater.

Removing the 32-bit Version of Woosage50

Moving from the 32-bit version of Woosage50 to the 64-bit version requires that you first remove the 32-bit version, as described below.
  1. Go to Windows >Settings>Apps
  2. Enter woosage in the search bar to locate Woosage50Service version x.x.x (x.x.x is the installed version)
  3. Click the application and the click Uninstall (it may ask for confirmation)
  4. Enter woosage in the search bar to locate Woosage50MonitorService version x.x.x (x.x.x is the installed version).
    Note: older version of Woosage50 may not have the monitor service installed.
  5. Click the application and the click Uninstall (it may ask for confirmation)

Installing the 64-bit Version of Woosage50

  1. Download the latest version of the Woosage50Service & Woosage50MonitorService installers  from here  and save to your local drive, as follows.
    1. In the Woosage Releases>Woosage50 Service Installer folder there are 2 sub-folders containing the 32 & 64-bit versions of the Woosage50Service and Woosage50MonitorService installers. There is also a sub-folder containing previous versions. Select the Woosage60 (64-bit version) subfolder for the next step. 
      IMPORTANT: the architecture of Woosage (32/64-bit) must match the version of Sage. (i.e. if using the 64 bit version of Sage you must use the 64-bit version of Woosage).
    2. click the checkbox next to the file Woosage50Setup_vx.x.x.exe_x64.exe (x.x.x is the release number). If more than 1 file use the highest release number. 
    3. click the Download button at the top of the page.
    4. Repeat steps b & c for the file Woosage50MonitorSetup_vx-x-x_x64.exe
  2. Locate the downloaded files in turn starting with the Woosage50Setup file
  3. Double click (or right-click and select Open) to run the Woosage50 installer
  4. In the Woosage Setup dialogue box:
  5. Untick the Install Config File checkbox (it will use the existing config file)
  6. Tick the Start Service checkbox
  7. Click the Next button
  8. If Woosage detects the service is running, select Automatically close the applications and click Next
  9. When the installer has completed, click Finish
  10. Repeat for the Woosage50MonitorSeup file
  11. Double click (or right-click and select Open) to run the Woosage installer
  12. In the Woosage Monitor Setup dialogue box:
  13. Tick the Start Service checkbox
  14. Click the Next button, then the Install & Finish buttons.
  15. The installation is now complete.
AlertImportant. If the website is not running the latest version of the Woosage50 Plugin we recommend updating it, as the installed version of the plugin may be incompatible with the latest version of the service.  The Woosage50 Plugin can be updated as described in the article Updating the Woosage50 Plugin (opens in a new tab).