Can't get gnucash to start on Windows

[Mike C.]

I have had the same problem periodically running 2.2.9 on XP although I 
have been using the program for about 6 months.  I had saved the 
.gnucash folder  in another folder earlier and when I have this problem 
I replace the current .gnucash with the old version and everything is OK 
except I loose the saved reports.    Sounds like something is causing an 
error in your .gnucash folder.   I don't know if the program will 
generate the .gnucash folder on startup if you delete it.  Maybe someone 
else can address this.
Mike

David Rush wrote:
> Hi.  I'm new to gnucash.
>
> I've installed 2.2.9 on Windows XP.  It offers to start gnucash at the end of the installation, and I keep that checked, but it never starts.
>
> When I try starting from either the desktop icon or from the Start,Programs menu, I get the gnucash splash screen for an instant, I see another window start to open, but it closes before it even gets done drawing and the splash screen goes away.  This all happens in a second or two.  No overt error messages.
>
> Task manager shows that I get a gnucash-bin.exe for a fraction of a second, then I'm left with two gconfd-2.exe processes for a while (several seconds at least) before they quietly disappear.
>
> I have several gnucash.trace.* files in my tmp directory now, all of them 0 bytes in size.  I also have a gconfd-Username directory, and for the several seconds while the two gconfd-2.exe processes are still around there's a lock directory with an ior file in it.  Once the gconfd-2.exe processes disappear, so does the lock directory.
>
> I did have the MS Visual C++ 2005 redistributable package installed.  I've recently installed the 2008 redistr. package, but it made no obvious difference.
>
> Help!
>
> David
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