GC 2.4.11 fails to launch (Windows XP)

[Mark]

Lilypond was the problem indeed. I removed it and now version 2.4.11 is
working smoothly.

Thanks for your kind assistance.

Mark


2012/8/30 Geert Janssens [via GnuCash] <
ml-node+s1415818n4656596h23 at n4.nabble.com>

> Do you have other software installed that is based on mingw or cygwin ?
>
> There are known issues with for example lilypond [1]. It updates the
> global path in a way that is incompatible with GnuCash.
>
> Also if you have installed git in your default path, you can have issues.
>
> To get more details, please install gnucash 2.4.11 again, have it run
> and abort and then check the most recent gnucash trace file [2]. It may
> give you mor information on what goes wrong.
>
> The lilypond/guile conflict is a very likely candidate, because as of
> gnucash 2.4.9, gnucash uses a newer guile version, which reveiled the
> conflict with lilypond.
>
> Geert
>
> [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=668403
> [2] http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows#Error_messages.2C_Trace_file
>
>
> On 30-08-12 13:24, Mark wrote:
>
> > Now I tried some more versions. Version 2.4.8 is the newest release that
> > launches as expected (without errors), so I think I will try that one
> first.
> > Perhaps some experienced users (or developers) know the differences
> between
> > 2.4.8 and 2.4.9, .10, and .11 that cause my problem.
> >
> >
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