GC Won't Load

[Steve Juniper]

Thank you... I removed GC 2.2.7 and have downloaded GC Portable 2.2.8 as 
well as GC 2.2.9 for my desktop and can't decide which to use - what is 
the difference between the two other than the fact that Portable keeps 
all files in the same folder?

Steve J

Yawar Amin wrote:
> I understand your reluctance. My first action when this happened to me 
> (minus the error messages) was to try to completely remove all Gnucash 
> installation and settings files, and install the latest version. 
> However, this didn't help. I ran out of ideas about what to remove, 
> and finally tried the portable version. It worked. I figure since it's 
> a self-contained package, it doesn't look at any files outside its own 
> installation folder, and therefore isn't affected by them. Of course, 
> your error issue may be quite different from mine. Still, I'm pretty 
> sure a portable version will fix it.
>
> Now as for not being the latest, well, it's not that old. It probably 
> has all the functionality you use. Granted it probably lacks a few bug 
> fixes, but then again everybody was using it, de facto, a year ago 
> more or less without complaint. That's the way I look at it.
>
> Cheers
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Steve J <snijuniper at comcast.net 
> <mailto:snijuniper at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>
>     Additional detail: When I try to close the now black tip window a
>     smaller
>     window opens within it with the msg: "GnuCash-bin.exe not responding
>             Close program
>             Try again
>
>     I am wary of following the suggestion of installing the "portable"
>     version
>     because it is a year old and wonder if a reasonable option might be to
>     remove GC entirely and install a newly downloaded version. What do you
>     think?
>
>
>     I recently installed the latest GC in a new Vista PC desktop,
>     using same
>     data file as always. Worked fine several times but this morning when I
>     tried to load it it stopped at the first opening GC window (which was
>     visible as always) and the "tips" window, which was black. Smaller
>     window appeared with the msg on top "Windows - no disk" Lower was the
>     msg "Exception processing message parameters 0Xc0000013....." What on
>     earth can I do about this (my line command skills are almost
>     non-existent)?
>
>     I load GC from shortcut icon on desktop. Data file is in a "Finances"
>     folder, also on desktop. Both worked fine before.
>
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