Hi , The message I got was that GnuCash was not compatible with my PC and I should contact the publisher. I am using this old lap top as am planning to travel. The latest version installed fine on my Desktop. David
On Sat, 12 Feb 2022, 17:22 David Carlson, <[email protected]> wrote: > If Windows 8.1 is a 32 bit OS there could be file size issues, as it could > only look at 2 gig spaces > > On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 10:33 AM john <[email protected]> wrote: > >> No, GnuCash is built for 32-bit on Windows so that it will work on older >> machines. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >> >> > On Feb 12, 2022, at 8:13 AM, Jon Schewe <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Maybe that's all that is available. >> > Can you post the specific text of the dialog here? That may help in >> > determining what the issue is. >> > GnuCash does say it supports Windows 8. One possibility is that GnuCash >> > is built as a 64-bit application and you have a 32-bit version of >> > Windows. You can follow the instructions here to verify if you have a >> > 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows >> > >> https://softwaregroup.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115012567728-How-to-check-if-Windows-8-and-8-1-is-32-bit-or-64-bit >> > I'm not sure if GnuCash for Windows is built as 64-bit only. Can >> > someone using Windows confirm this? >> > >> > >> > On Sat, 2022-02-12 at 10:01 -0600, David Carlson wrote: >> >> That sounds like you are trying to drive a Tesla on a cow path. Why >> >> try? >> >> On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 7:37 AM <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, I downloaded the latest version of GnuCash (4.9) onto an older >> >>> laptoprunning Windows 8.1 , but when I tried to run the setup got a >> >>> message thatit could not run on this machine. Same thing with an >> >>> older version ofGnuCash. I have about 11 GB of disk space remaining >> >>> on this machine. Whatcould be the issue? >> >>> Thanks >> >>> David Long >> >>> _______________________________________________gnucash-user mailing >> >>> [email protected] >> >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> >>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> >>> -----Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.You can do >> >>> this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > _______________________________________________ >> > gnucash-user mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> > ----- >> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> >> > > -- > David Carlson > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
