Windows/Old Issues

This page keeps track of issues users have experienced with older versions of GnuCash on Windows. In most cases that first advice is to try again with the current stable version. There may however be situations where you need to revive an older version and in that case the information kept here may be useful.

Problems, issues, comments

Gnucash version 2.2 and older

Windows XP Media Edition Problems

Gnucash does not appear to work on windows XP media edition. Gconfd takes a long time to start (5+ minutes) and everything else takes longer and then it just appears to do nothing (even though it is still in the list of processes).

Does GnuCash 2.2.2 work for you? andi5

In my machine it works well, except for the reports, that doesn't work and cause the application to crash. I have installed the last build (15667) on my windows xp home with SP2. -- jeanobrega

Please file a bug report at Bugzilla. andi5

I installed 2.2.3 as well as 2.2.4 and in both cases the same problem appeared. After starting a window like "tip of the day" appears. I tried different treatment (close, ignore, waiting,...) during starting of the programm, but the result was the same in all cases. The Programm was terminated during start up. Does anyone know that problem and how to fix it. I used gnucash for several years under LINUX without one single problem, but due to several reasons I now have to switch to windows.

Please give me some help!!! voradl

GnuCash failing to start in Windows

This seems to be a duplicate of the above problem, but I have a workaround that worked for me.

I'm running GnuCash 2.2.9 on Windows XP Professional, SP2, Firewall (ZoneAlarm) turned off at the moment, and I have put Orbit2 2.13.3 in the bin directory (don't think this makes much difference, fwiw; link to that file is somewhere on this page).

My workaround takes several steps:

1. I delete .gconfd (in C:\Documents and Settings\Mom).
   1. Then I start GnuCash.
   2. I see that only gnucash-bin.exe is running.
2. I kill gnucash-bin.exe.
   1. Then I restart GnuCash.
   2. I see that gnucash-bin.exe is running, as well as two copies of gconfd-2.exe. No windows open.
3. I kill gnucash-bin.exe (I get weird errors reminiscent of https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=363648 if I kill gconfd-2.exe first).
   1. Then I kill the 2nd gconfd-2.exe.
   2. I start gnucash again.

Viola! GnuCash opens. YMMV Peterkay 05:25, 19 November 2009 (UTC)