[GNC] GnuCash getting worse?

[Geoff]

If you are already running Windows 10/11 with an existing Pro, 
Enterprise, or Education licence (but not a Home licence) then Windows 
Sandbox is an easy way to create a (temporary) Virtual Machine, and it 
only requires 4GB RAM and 1GB free disc space.  You don't need a 
separate licence.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/application-security/application-isolation/windows-sandbox/windows-sandbox-overview

https://www.howtogeek.com/399290/how-to-use-windows-10s-new-sandbox-to-safely-test-apps/

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/how-to-use-windows-sandbox-on-windows-11

Fire up a Sandbox, download and install the latest GnuCash binary, and 
away you go in a pristine Windows environment that is safely isolated 
from the rest of your computer.

Otherwise, as Stan mentioned, Oracle's free VirtualBox runs on Windows, 
but you will need to install a version of Windows in the Virtual Machine 
that you create.
https://www.virtualbox.org/


Geoff
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On 29/12/2023 12:09 pm, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> I'm fairly certain you can create a VM of a running instance of Win10 
> though I can't speak to how that works for licensing.
> 
> MS does allow some testing VMs, so perhaps investigate that first and 
> how to set it up to their liking.
> 
> Another option might be a container like Docker, though I'm not 
> personally familiar with it running GnuCash.
> 
> Alternatively, though this won't allow testing on Windows, you could 
> test releases either with a Linux VM or with WSL. (Windows Subsystem for 
> Linux) Of course, such testing wouldn't expose a Windows specific bug.
> 
> On that note, some folks have attempted WSL and GnuCash and the Wiki 
> could use some sprucing up if anyone was interested in that avenue.
> 
> Regards,
> Adrien
> 
> On 12/28/23 12:29 PM, R Losey wrote:
>> I used to run VirtualBox on my iMac (and ran Windows 7). I was just
>> concerned about the running VirtualBox on Windows 10 and emulating 
>> Windows
>> 10... I'm not sure I have another copy of Windows 10 to run, nor am I 
>> sure
>> that I have enough memory (computer RAM or graphics card RAM) to properly
>> support a Win10 VM.
> 
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