GnuCash won't start

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

"Linde B." <linde.brocato at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Derek,
> I did what you suggested, and manually removed the files that weren't gone
> after the automated uninstall.
>
> I then installed 2.4.0, and it started up just fine, but couldn't find any of
> my data (you can imagine how the blood drained from my head, and my stomach
> knotted at THAT).

Even if you did "File -> Open" and selected your data file?

> So I uninstalled it, and reinstalled 2.2.9, and All Is Well... but I do have
> the older version.
>
> Thoughts?

Well, it's possible that the metadata is being lost somewhere along the
line, but a "File -> Open" from 2.4.0 should open your 2.2.9 data.  Did
you try that?

> and Thanks!
> Linde

-derek

> On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 09:15, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>    
>     "Linde B." <linde.brocato at gmail.com> writes:
>    
>     > Just installed the latest version (2.4.0), worked a while, closed it
>     down
>     > properly, and when I went to start it again, got this message:
>     >
>     > gnucash-bin.exe - Entry Point Not Found
>     >
>     > the procedure entry point gbr_init could not be located in the dynamic
>     link
>     > library libgncmod-engine.dll.
>     >
>     > And I'm really needing to use it...
>     >
>     > any suggestions?
>     >
>     > Linde
>    
>     As I said in my response to your "bug" #639277:
>    
>     There is no "gnucash-bin.exe" in the GnuCash 2.4.0 release.  Perhaps you
>     have a mismatch of 2.4.0 and 2.2.9?
>    
>     Try completely uninstalling all versions of gnucash and then installing
>     2.4.0.
>    
>     > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
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>    
>     -derek
>    
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> Linde M. Brocato
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>

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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
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