[GNC] Download GnuCash issue

[David Long]

Hi,
To update,  my laptop is a 64 bit machine. I cleared up a bit of disk
space, and now it's installing correctly.
Thanks all
David

On Sat, 12 Feb 2022, 17:22 David Carlson, <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> If Windows 8.1 is a 32 bit OS there could be file size issues, as it could
> only look at 2 gig spaces
>
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 10:33 AM john <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>
>> No, GnuCash is built for 32-bit on Windows so that it will work on older
>> machines.
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>>
>>
>> > On Feb 12, 2022, at 8:13 AM, Jon Schewe <jpschewe at mtu.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > Maybe that's all that is available.
>> > Can you post the specific text of the dialog here? That may help in
>> > determining what the issue is.
>> > GnuCash does say it supports Windows 8. One possibility is that GnuCash
>> > is built as a 64-bit application and you have a 32-bit version of
>> > Windows. You can follow the instructions here to verify if you have a
>> > 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows
>> >
>> https://softwaregroup.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115012567728-How-to-check-if-Windows-8-and-8-1-is-32-bit-or-64-bit
>> > I'm not sure if GnuCash for Windows is built as 64-bit only. Can
>> > someone using Windows confirm this?
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, 2022-02-12 at 10:01 -0600, David Carlson wrote:
>> >> That sounds like you are trying to drive a Tesla on a cow path.  Why
>> >> try?
>> >> On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 7:37 AM <davidvernonlong at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> Hi, I downloaded the latest version of GnuCash  (4.9) onto an older
>> >>> laptoprunning Windows 8.1 , but when I tried to run the setup got a
>> >>> message thatit could not run on this machine. Same thing with an
>> >>> older version ofGnuCash. I have about 11 GB of disk space remaining
>> >>> on this machine. Whatcould be the issue?
>> >>> Thanks
>> >>> David Long
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