strange install problem

Dave H hellvee at gmail.com
Sun Mar 22 16:12:28 EDT 2015


That is strange, almost like it rolled the whole installation back...

"C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash.exe" is the full path including
executable.

Cheers Dave H...

On 22/03/2015 9:31 PM, "David Kinston" <compusafe at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Hi Dave
>
> That my problem - that folder does not exist!
>
> It is as if the program was not installed in spite of the install program
> running to completion without error.
>
> It does not appear in All Apps or anywhere else under windows 8.
>
> OTOH when i reinstall - i am asked whether it is OK to remove the previous
> installation!
>
> What is the name of the executable file - i will search for it.
>
> Go figure ...
>
>
> On 22/03/2015 19:52, Dave H wrote:
>
>  David,
>
> I'm also running Win 8.1 Pro 64 bit amongst others.  Did you check in
> "C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash" which I think is the default install
> folder ?  It also shows up for me under "All Apps" where you can right
> click on it and pin to start / pin to taskbar etc etc.
>
>  I may have just manually created a desktop shortcut to "C:\Program Files
> (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash.exe" and pinned it to the taskbar when I
> installed it, I can't for the life of me remember...
>
>  Cheers Dave H.
>
>
> On 22 March 2015 at 14:20, Compusafe <compusafe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm totally new to gnucash and am very keen to get started.
>> I run windows 8.1 pro 64 bit.
>>
>> I downloaded the latest installation file [gnucash-2.6.5-setup.exe] and
>> went through the whole installation process, accepting defaults such as
>> location of the files, creating shortcuts etc.
>>
>> Everything went smoothly - except that windows has no record of the
>> software having been installed. No install directory, no shortcuts,
>> windows 8
>> does not find the gnucash installed program, etc.
>>
>> I disabled all protection (firewall etc) and reinstalled, and also tried
>> on a different
>> machine running the same OS - identical result.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> David Kinston
>> melbourne.au
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