Error installing 2.4.7 msg

[Steve Juniper]

Thank you but I do not know what "file locks" are or how to reset
them. Should I uninstall GC and then reinstall it?

Steve Juniper

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On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 2:29 AM, Geert Janssens
<janssens-geert at telenet.be> wrote:
> On maandag 4 juli 2011, Steve Juniper wrote:
>> Installing 2.4.7 to replace 2.4.3 (with 2.4.3 not running) in XP
>> toward end of installation got msg: Error
>> C:\.....files\gnucash\share\locale\OK\LC_MESSAGES\libbonoui-2.0.mo
>> An error occurred while trying to rename file in the distribution
>> directory: The process cannot accehe file because it is being used by
>> another process.
> This sounds like Windows thinks GnuCash was still running while you tried to
> install the new version even though you claim it was not. I've experienced
> this as well from time to time. I don't know why.
>
>> Gave choices abort, retry, and ignore. I chose retry, same thing
>> happened so I aborted installation. However, I tried running GC and it
>> seems OK, with 2.4.7 being installed.
>> Is this a problem?
>>
> Yes, you now have a mix of files from GnuCash 2.4.3 and 2.4.7. The safest
> thing to do is to reboot your PC to reset all file locks and then run the
> installer again. That should fix it.
>
> Geert
>