GnuCash 2.6.3 Requires Run As Administrator on Windows 7 x64

Geert Janssens janssens-geert at telenet.be
Fri Aug 1 12:27:55 EDT 2014


On Sunday 06 July 2014 21:00:54 Frank Gore wrote:
> I've been using GnuCash for years and years and years (since 2003 I
> think). First on Linux and now on Windows 7 x64. The most recent
> version I've been using is 2.4.14. I recently installed 2.6.3, and
> now GnuCash won't run anymore. The splash screen comes up, the Hints
> window makes an appearance, and then everything vanishes silently.
> I've never made any changes to the environment file or any of the
> other files or registry entries. I've always run GnuCash installed
> "as is".
> 
> If I run GnuCash 2.6.3 as Administrator, then it starts up and runs
> just fine. But my GnuCash budget file is on a network share which is
> only accessible by the currently logged-in user, not by the
> Administrator. So I can run GnuCash this way, but I can't access my
> data.
> 
> Uninstalling GnuCash 2.6.3 and re-installing 2.4.14 "fixes" the
> problem.
> 
> Can anyone help?
> 
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Is there any information in the trace file ? How to obtain the trace file you can read here [1].

Geert

[1] http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile


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