libgncmod-engine.dll was not found

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Clifton Liles <c.liles at comcast.net> writes:

> Hi All
> I am not subscribed to this list, please CC me in your
> reply. *c.liles at comcast.net*
> GNUcash was working fine.  I'm using Window XP version. I had a hard
> drive start to go and I moved gnucash to a different drive. It will
> not not start.  I fixed the shortcut and others to the new location.
> I tried it in the old dir and get the same behavior(?).  I the the
> following message:
> "This application has failed to start because libgncmod-engine.dll was
> not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem."
> Sometimes It brings up the splash page and quits, no message.  I tried
> running the start script in a DOS window and there were no errors
> reported.  The library libgncmod-engine.dll is in the dir
> lib\gnucash. There was one similar error reported in this list but
> there was no answer, that I could find. /Unable to start Gnucash from
> the startup/desktop icon/log file (score: 2)
> Author: Dr. Md. Aminul Islam Khan <aikhan_lab at bdcom.net>
> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:42:53 EDT
> 1. I am facing a problem starting Gnucash. Sometimes it starts
> sometime it wont. When, I click the desktop icon to start my Gnucash
> it gives this error message: "This application has failed to start
> https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2008-July/026165.html
> (2,906 bytes)
> /Anybody got a clue?
> Thanks for your time and help
> Cliff

There are some registry entries that point to the right locations for
files.  I recommend you just re-install and point to the new location.

-derek

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