[GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

[Christopher Smallman]

Hi everyone and thanks for all of your help and suggestions.  I thought that I would try to download V 5 to my desktop and it worked perfectly. I then copied the download file to a flash drive & used it to open V 5 on my new laptop. Also worked perfectly & I am up to date.
The problem appears to be with the version of windows 11 on the new laptop although  all other downloads have opened  without a problem.
If any one comes across a solution to the Windows glitch / GnuCash I would appreciate  a note. 
Many thanks again 
Christopher 



> On 10 April 2023 at 13:14 "Fross, Michael" <michael at fross.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello Christopher - I don't think it's an executable.  Windows is trying to
> find the program to open it with and can't find it in the store.  I'd
> re-download it from the official store and turn on extension visibility per
> David H.'s comment and try again.
> 
> Michael
> 
> On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 7:06 AM David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Glenn
> >
> > Is it though?  That possibly depends on whether show file extensions is on
> > or off.
> >
> > Cheers David Halverson
> >
> > On Mon, 10 Apr 2023 at 21:46, Glenn Fowler <gfowler1 at outlook.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > It's missing the ".exe* in the file name. Did you save it like that or
> > did
> > > you download it from a different source other than github or sourceforge?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 6:51 AM Christopher Smallman via gnucash-user <
> > > gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I am trying to find help with setting up my GnuCash programme on a new
> > > > Windows 11  laptop.
> > > >
> > > > I have downloaded the correct version for Windows 11 but the exe. file
> > > > will not open. I am being asked to search for an App in the store.
> > >  There
> > > > is of course no App in the store.         How can I   successfully run
> > > the
> > > > programme?     Screen shot of the message is attached
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