@ LGLDSR73 Your post really belongs in the installation section.
However: For Windows Downloading the Gimp 3.2.4 installer and running it does first uninstall the existing Gimp before installing the new version. All your settings and any additions plugins / brushes ...are still there in your gimp user profile.
C:\Users\"yourname"\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\3.2\.....
Quote:How do I perform the upgrade other than removing v3.2.2 and downloading 3.2.4? O/S is Windows 11.
However: For Windows Downloading the Gimp 3.2.4 installer and running it does first uninstall the existing Gimp before installing the new version. All your settings and any additions plugins / brushes ...are still there in your gimp user profile.
C:\Users\"yourname"\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\3.2\.....