# Upgrading to the new stable release of MapWinGIS - VS 2019

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**Created:** [August 9, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/upgrading-to-the-new-stable-release-of-mapwingis-vs-2019/1386 "2022-08-09T02:00:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![ericpalmatier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ericpalmatier](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/ericpalmatier)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/upgrading-to-the-new-stable-release-of-mapwingis-vs-2019/1386/1 "2022-08-09T02:00:17Z")

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I am not sure if I want to upgrade to 5.3 or the prior build, but what I do know is that the GDAL utilities that I need are just not in the 4.9.5 release that I have built my software on. I need access to the GDALrasterTranslate tool.

I am at the end of this project, and everything is working brilliantly. I am terrified to update to the newer API for fear that I will break my code, so I have a really newbie question to ask.

in the visual studio 2019 environment, what is the best way to upgrade to a newer version of the API? and how can I protect myself if I need to revert back to the currently used API?

Thank you guys for any insight.

-Eric