[GNC] Runtime to terminate in an unusual way

[Patrick James]

I cannot recommend Windows 7, but if someone were to demand using Windows 7, then I'd suggest running GnuCash 3.11.

Always keep good incremental backups of your data.


> On 05/11/2026 8:22 PM PDT Raymond Vogt <rvogt19 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> Hi,
> I was advised by devel at gnucash.org that this is a user-list question.
> As the program did not open I could not access any trace file and there was
> no Windows Event log.
> Has anyone else had this issue and found a solution?
> 
> I was trying to back up my gnucash file from my Windows 10 laptop to my
> Windows 7 desktop computer. Both have the latest version installed.
> There was no option to run as administrator.
> Please see the attached screenshot for details.
> Thanks for your help.
> Raymond