Gnucash v2.2.0 failing to launch (Windows version completely broken?)

[Charles Duffy]

John Roberts wrote:
> Just tried installing the "Microsoft Loopback Adapter", but it didn't work 
> for me.  On my system gnucash-bin.exe seems to be waiting for a response 
> from another program (gconfd-2.exe possibly?) -- the following is from the 
> output from netstat -a -b while gnucash is sitting around failing to start:

...[examples showing some process connecting to localhost and others 
bound to "[MyCurrentDhcpIpAddress]"]...

> I'm not sure why some of the connections say "localhost" and others use the 
> IP address of the loopback connection adapter.

Wait a moment -- is the loopback adapter using your DHCP-assigned IP? It 
should typically be something static off in RFC1918 space.

> Before banging my head against this too hard, perhaps I should ask whether 
> ANYONE has managed to get the Windows version to work on a clean Windows XP 
> (or Windows 2000) install?  I've tried googling for success stories, 
> reviews, etc. but haven't found any...

Works great for me now that that one issue is fixed. (It also works fine 
out-of-the-box on my wife's clean Vista system, though that's hardly the 
same thing).

The first time I ran it after I installed the Loopback Adapter, the 
Windows Firewall asked permission for GnuCash to access the network; I 
granted it, and everything has worked swimmingly since.

I *did* delete the orbit-my_username and gconfd-my_username directories 
from c:\Documents and Settings\My Username\Local Settings\Temp after 
making the network-configuration changes (as I'd been doing on testing 
every attempted fix).