[GNC] downloading 5.12 for windows 11

[Ian D Henry]

Yay! That worked.  Thank you.  Ian

On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 at 13:53, Ken Pyzik <pyz01 at outlook.com> wrote:

> Ian — unfortunately, this is a product of the browser.  It is your browser
> that is preventing you from keeping the file.   So clicking on the file
> once the browser has completed it's task will NOT solve your issue.  Try
> the steps — in this order:
>
>
>    1. Attempt to download the file again.
>    2. The browser should either begin to download or maybe it will
>    download automatically or maybe give you a prompt to download
>    3. Once the download is complete - you should click the download icon
>    in the browser — you will end up with a message like this:
>
>
>
> As you can see - your browser has downloaded the file — but will not keep
> it or allow you to open it unless you specifically tell it that you want
> it.  In this case, I click the (three dots (....)  and get this:
>
>
> Hit the down arrow next to the delete and you will get this:
>
>
>
> Click on keep anyway and it will finally save the program to your download
> folder.   You can now use the file.
>
> Ken
>
>
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> *From:* Ian D Henry <iandhenry2 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, August 1, 2025 10:21 AM
> *To:* Ken Pyzik <pyz01 at outlook.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [GNC] downloading 5.12 for windows 11
>
> Thank you Ken, When I click on the unconfirmed file , I get a window with
> three options to open the file: Notepad, Word or Windows media player, but
> nothing that sounds like an option to keep the file.
>
> Ian
>
> On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 at 13:02, Ken Pyzik <pyz01 at outlook.com> wrote:
>
> Ian — FYI.  I just went to sourceforge.net and successfully downloaded
> gnucash.
>
> However, you should note that the latest version of your browser (if you
> are using EDGE) will prompt you that downloading an .exe file is not safe
> and you must purposefully say you want to keep it.  Otherwise, your browser
> assumes (unfortunately) that it is not a safe downloadable file and will
> not complete the download (i.e., it downloads everything but will not save
> it).  Because of this, it leaves it in the "unconfirmed" state and you will
> not see the file.  Look for the download to complete and then in the
> browser click on the download message and make sure to say that you want to
> keep the file. Otherwise, by default, it will not be kept because it is an
> .exe file.
>
> This is MS's way of trying to protect you from downloading .exe files.
> You must go through the extra step of saying you want to keep the file.
>
> Ken
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Ian D Henry <iandhenry2 at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, August 1, 2025 9:39 AM
> *To:* John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
> *Cc:* Ken Pyzik <pyz01 at outlook.com>; Gnucash Users <
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [GNC] downloading 5.12 for windows 11
>
> Sorry , that did not help either.  I still ended up with the unconfirmed
> file.  I searched This PC for an appropriate exe.file in some other folder
> but found nothing..
>
> On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 at 12:18, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>
> Try downloading it directly from Sourceforge:
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/5.12/gnucash-5.12.setup.exe/download
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
> On Aug 1, 2025, at 08:59, Ian D Henry <iandhenry2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> OK< I downloaded it again. I watched the progress of the download and it
> looked like it got to the end, but I still have an unconfirmed file in my
> downloads Ian
>
> On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 at 11:45, Ken Pyzik <pyz01 at outlook.com> wrote:
>
> Unconfirmed usually means that the download did not finish.  I would try
> to download a second time.  If you continue to receive this unconfirmed
> message, then that would mean the download is not completing for some
> reason.  Try again and let us know if you continue to get unconfirmed.   --
> Ken
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+pyz01=outlook.com at gnucash.org>
> on behalf of Ian D Henry <iandhenry2 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 1, 2025 7:40 AM
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: [GNC] downloading 5.12 for windows 11
>
> I went to gnucash.org and downloaded gnucash 5.12 for windows 11, but the
> file that appeared in my downloads is called unconfirmed 637997.cfdownload,
> not an exe file.  How do I download a file I can use to install gnucash?
>
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> Ian D Henry
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