[GNC] uninstalling the Gnucash "Get Quotes" functionality

Geoff cleanoutmyshed at gmail.com
Mon Apr 4 19:56:19 EDT 2022


Hi George

Since you are on Windows 10, you can simply use the Control Panel to 
uninstall Strawberry Perl.

See attached screenshot.

Regards

Geoff
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On 5/04/2022 2:44 am, George Riner wrote:
> Setting:
> 
> Windows 10 build 19044.1586
> 3.9Ghz Intel gen7 CPU, 32Gb RAM, 100Gb free disk space on C:
> Gnucash Build ID: 4.9+(2021-12-18)|
> Finance::Quote: 1.51
> I use GnuCash for personal finances
> 
> Question:
> 
> I hold 7 publicly traded commodities with ticker symbols on US stock 
> exchanges. I installed the Get Quotes capability using the installed 
> tool "Install Online Price Retrieval for GnuCash".  As the documentation 
> says, it took about an hour to intall and it was about right.  It added 
> over 600 Mb of stuff to my C: drive.
> 
> Now that I've tried it a few times, I find it isn't worth the hassle. I 
> want to uninstall it.
> 
> Is there an equally convenient - and thorough - uninstall tool/app to 
> remove what "Install Online Price Retrieval for GnuCash" added? I don't 
> want to keep strawberry perl, either. I certainly do want to continue 
> using GnuCash.
> 
> :George
> California, USA
> 
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