Windows: Start menu item vanished

Geert Janssens janssens-geert at telenet.be
Wed Feb 22 16:49:21 EST 2012


Op woensdag 22 februari 2012 09:19:14 schreef Fred Bone:
> Windows XP-SP3; Gnucash currently 2.4.10 but see below ...
> 
> I have just noticed that my machine no longer has a "Start menu item" for
> Gnucash. I can't remember which version I began with (2.2.something) and
> I have installed (almost?) every subsequent new version. Somewhere along
> the line the Start menu item, which I know was there originally (because
> that's where one goes to install Online Price Retrieval), has vanished.
> 
> I am quite certain I have done nothing intentionally to remove it.
> 
> I don't particularly want it back, but if this is happening to other
> people then the Windows-specific instructions for installing
> Finance-Quote (aka Online Price Retrieval) may need attention.
> 
> Would any other Windows users in a similar situation (i.e. after many
> upgrades) care to comment?
> 
Just to give you my experience: I do many installs/uninstalls of GnuCash on my 
Windows test system (and updating to 2.4.10 will involve an automatic 
uninstall). At each install, the GnuCash "Start menu item" is properly added 
by the installer. I have just tested it a couple of minutes ago.

There is an option in one of the installer pages to disable this start menu 
installation. Is this enabled when you install ?

Also, I usually explicitly uninstall before running the installer (old habit). 
I don't know if that would make any difference compared to let the installer 
run an automatic uninstall.

Regards,
Geert


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