64 bit

[Dave H]

Just run the 32 bit version of GnuCash - you don't have to run a 64 bit
version of a program just because you have a 64 bit operating system
installed.  I've been running 32 bit GnuCash quite happily for a few years
now on various 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows
8.1 Ultimate and Professional with no ill affects :-)

I'm unsure why you'd have issues installing it and don't recall ever being
prompted to setup a database bin location, mind you it was a few years ago
that I first installed it.  I normally just run with the defaults when
installing/upgrading GnuCash.  Are you trying to set it up to use a sql
database backend or just using the default compressed xml data file ?

On Windows 8 my GnuCash data file is located
in C:\Users\<username>\Gnucash\Data and GnuCash preferences etc are
installed in C:\Users\<username> with the main program being installed
in C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash

Cheers Dave H.




On 25 July 2014 01:34, m shires <mshires.wcc at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am a new user, sort of.  I installed the program a while back (March of
> 2014) and tried using it.  I love the double entry accounting concept so I
> can run my personal finances like a business.
>
> But, I ended up uninstalling it because of problems.
>
> 1.  I had a 32 bit program.  I run a 64 bit Windows but can't find the
> GnuCash 64 bit version.  Can someone explain this?
>
> 2.  At some point in setting things up it presented a very confusing
> request to set up a database bin location.  After fumbling through this
> confusion, I set up a database file location approved by GnuCash (or
> acknowledege by it, anyway), using my name; but whenever I try to launch
> the program I get a "cannot find bin....." error message.
>
> 3.  I uninstalled the program and reinstalled it, and upon launch got the
> same message!  So I went to my computer directory and deleted the GnuCash
> Bin files, then uninstalled it again.
>
> Before I reinstall and start a "do-over", I would like to understand what
> is going on, why the databases are not integrated into the program, and why
> there is not a 64 bit version, and what all this stuff about bin files is.
>
> Thanks!
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