[GNC] Is this a wacky idea?

[Stephen]

I agree with Fred Bone's comments about the portable version. You might 
be clicking on some ad-driven thing or maybe going far afield.

I think you are not getting to the right website to download portable 
Gnucash. There is one site on SourceForge "brought to you by Rayven01 
that seems pretty HINKY. It promotes a very old version of GNC, has no 
reviews and no recent downloads. No way to know if this is where you are 
getting your spammy dating site or monthly charges "offers" or not but 
you surely have a problem somewhere along the line. If this is the SF 
site you are on I would WALK AWAY!

It could be possible that you have a browser or host file problem 
perhaps that is redirecting you somewhere bad?

re: Portable Apps -- on SF you can dl the actual PortableApps platform 
which provides a launcher for lots of apps under the PortableApps 
umbrella. I don't use it.

What I do use is the latest portable version is 
GnuCashPortable_4.13.paf.exe which can be found at 
https://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/ and then navigate to the 
Files tab then click gnucash portable (dated 2022-12-24) click then 
navigate down the page to the PAF file you want.

As an option to using portable versions one can use Revo Uninstaller 
which will uninstall a standard install of Gnucash reliably. Or I use 
Revo Uninstaller Pro (paid) which will track an install and allow a very 
thorough uninstall.


On 1/29/2023 5:48 AM, Tom Browder wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 29, 2023 at 05:23 flywire <flywire0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Anyone can run https://portableapps.com/apps/office/gnucash_portable in
>> Windows without installing it. It is probably better than installing
>
> It sounds great, but color me skeptical.  I have looked at portableapps
> twice now and declined. The fine print says you'll be given a "free"
> two-day membership to what sounds like a dating site. After that you'll be
> hit with a bill for almost $40 monthly. At my age it's easy to forget given
> such a short time to try it out "free."
>
> I didn't see a way to decline. Frankly, I would be fine with a more modest
> amount per month, with no long-term contract.
>
> -Tom
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