[GNC] GnuCash Language

[Pedro Albuquerque]

Thank you John :)

Kinda following Liz' tip, I repeated the uninstall processed and reinstalled on a different folder, C:\Users\Pedro Albuquerque\GnuCash\, and GC also worked fine. I then installed it on D:\Programas\GnuCash\, everything fine. It seems the problem is with the accent in 'Escritório'.

So, since we can choose any installation folder, I guess the installer needs some update? Or is this a Windows issue?
Should I add this to my request in Bugzilla?
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Regards,
Pedro Albuquerque
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Em 11/09/2026 às 16:57, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> escreveu:

> Pedro,
>
> That’s not necessary. Installers are special in that they can only run in admin mode so they’ll pop a user access control (UAC) dialog to ensure that they have the necessary privilege and consent. See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/application-security/application-control/user-account-control/.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>> On Sep 10, 2026, at 21:51, Pedro Albuquerque via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>
>> P.S. I ran the installer from a local administrator account and as
>> administrator, just in case...
>>
>> -----
>> Regards,
>> Pedro Albuquerque
>>
>> Em 11/09/2026 às 05:47, "Pedro Albuquerque via gnucash-user"
>> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> escreveu:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Liz, John, thank for your help.
>>>
>>> Liz, I did a full search on the C: drive and found no other file.
>>>
>>> John, I completely uninstalled GC using Revo Uninstaller, which also cleans
>>> all the remains. I then searched the registry for 'gnu' entries and deleted
>>> them all. I downloaded GC again, from the official website, obviously
>>> (https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20(stable)/5.16/gnucash-5.16.setup.exe),
>>> and reinstalled it with all default values.
>>>
>>> And that solved the problem. It seems GC doesn't like it when I put it in a
>>> different folder. Maybe you can get a clue for how to prevent this from
>>> happening.
>>>
>>> Many thanks everybody, for your time and trouble.
>>>
>>> -----
>>> Regards,
>>> Pedro Albuquerque
>>>
>>> Em 10/09/2026 às 21:56, "Liz" <edodd at billiau.net> escreveu:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:44:03 +0000
>>>> Pedro Albuquerque via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thank you Murugan, for the suggestion.
>>>>>
>>>>> If I rename the file like that, .local becomes the file extension.
>>>>> Not sure if that is what you want. Anyway, GC still starts in
>>>>> English.
>>>>
>>>> A few Windows versions back, Windows started saving config files in
>>>> another place and using the saved one, not the one you changed.
>>>>
>>>> I haven't used Windows for many years, so if you can't find a secret
>>>> cache of config files used in preference to your one, others will have
>>>> to assist.
>>>>
>>>> Liz
>>>
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