Can't get gnucash to start on Windows

[Mike C.]

Try deleting the .gnucash folder located under documents and 
Setting\(default name folder).  The program will regenerate this folder 
or if you are uncomfortable deleting it just rename it to .gnucashold 
temporarily.  I have this happen every so often so I guess something is 
getting corrupted but I can't find the culprit.
Mike

David Rush wrote:
> Thanks for your suggestion about checking my Windoze firewall, Charlie, but no luck.  GnuCash was already in the list of the firewall's exceptions.  I also disabled the firewall entirely and tried again, but same result - splash screen for maybe a second or so, some other window starts to open but closes too soon to see anything other than the location and approximate size of the window (it's a bit smaller than the splash).
>
> Hey, I've tried repeatedly opening gnucash, and a couple of times I've been able to get a very brief glimpse of the window's title - I think it's a "tip of the day" window.
>
> David
>
> C.E. Morrison wrote:
>   
>> Make sure your firewall is allowing gnucash.  I seem to remember there
>> are two files that appear to need to access a network on startup and if
>> your firewall is preventing them from doing what they need to, the
>> application won't start.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> 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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