[GNC] Would like to use, but ....

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

On Tue, April 14, 2020 8:00 am, Andrew Ruddle wrote:
>
> Greetings
>
> I have been very highly recommended to GnuCash, but I am having difficulty
> getting started.
>
> I have downloaded and installed [the XP Vista version on Sourceforge], but
> when I try to open it all I get is a rather unhelpful message as follows :

What version did you download?  We have not supported Windows XP for a few
years already, and all currently supported releases defintely wont work on
that old platform.  The minimum-required version is Windows 7.

> The procedure entry point GetTickCount64 could not be located in the
> dynamic
> link library KERNEL32.dll
>
> If anyone can either tell me what extra I need to do, or point me to a
> more
> reliable download, I shall be very grateful.

You need to upgrade to Win7, or you need to download a VERY OLD (and
probably very buggy, and DEFINITELY unsupported) version of GnuCash.  This
error message means that the application is trying to call into a function
that XP doesn't implement or support, which is not surprising since XP is
almost 20 years old.

Sorry, but you're into unsupported territory by trying to run on XP.  Even
Win7 has already expired but we do still support that, barely.

Good Luck,

> Kind Regards
> Dr. Andrew Ruddle
> UK

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-derek

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