upgrading

I have v 5.6.23 and am wanting to upgrade to the newest version, but not wanting to lose all my maps and cities.
How best to do that?
thanks much,
Randy Adams

Download the newest install, run it, and then allow the installer to run WW. Now, allow it to combine your old maps with the new maps.

If you’re running Vista, then allow WW to load completely, and then shut it down and run it manually again (the reason being is that the installer has admin level privileges, and thus, with WW running as a child process of the installer, it to runs with admin level privileges, meaning it won’t necessarily try to save your settings to your profile folder but to possibly the admin’s profile folder. This may not in fact be true, but I have found this to be the best methodology for Vista users to install WW and then run it.)

thanks much John!