Windows 10 problem - unable to spawn perl

[Maf. King]

On Wed 7 October 15 16:20:09 C and C Redwood wrote:
> I just installed the latest version of Gnucash on Windows 10 and I like
> the application, but when I try to save an account to a file the app
> hangs.  I found a log file that says it is unable to spawn perl. Reboots
> and re-installs didn't work.  I can't find any documentation about
> prerequisites, but I installed Strawberry Perl 32 bit, which also didn't
> help.  Any suggestions before I give up and try another accounting app?
> I'm not a Unix programmer, just want to install the App and use it for
> an non-profit.


Hi,

Did you install version 2.6.8 or 2.6.9 (which was only released yesterday)?

There is a bug in 2.6.8 that prevents saving on windows - 2.8.9 was released 
specifically to fix that bug, so if you're still seeing it the developers 
would certainly like to know about it!

Maf.