bootstrap_win_dev.vbs fails

[John Ralls]

> On Apr 3, 2018, at 9:07 AM, pjlbyrne <pjlbyrne at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am attempting to build gnucash on windows. From instructions here:
> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-on-windows
> 
> I downloaded this:
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Gnucash/gnucash-on-windows/master/bootstrap_win_dev.vbs
> 
> I ran it but it failed silently.
> 
> It prints 'Downloading mingw-get.zip (slow!)...' but after a minute prints a
> message (too quick to see) and the window disappears.
> 
> I tried running the vbs script from a windows command-prompt, but when I run
> it the vbs script window pops up separately just like I had clicked on it in
> the folder view and I get no extra debug information when it fails.
> 
> Can someone please advise?
> 
> Cheers
> Patrick
> 
> PS gnucash 3.0 crashes on windows for me, previous versions were fine

See the answer to your same question in gnucash-users.

The crash on startup is also being discussed there and in several bug reports.

Regards,
John Ralls