Windows 10 - All the updates.
I had no problems with installs/upgrades until v5.12, so I stayed at
v5.11 for a while... Joined this mailing list and got my answers.
Yesterday I upgraded to v5.14 and had the same pop-up about missing
files, blah, blah.
Deleted the offending directory at C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash
All subfolders were empty, except some .dlls which hadn't been deleted
automatically [I think they were in bin].
Re-installed 5.14 and working fine.
Thank you for the tips.
Chris
On 23-Dec-2025 14:56, Geert Janssens wrote:
Op dinsdag 23 december 2025 12:27:34 Midden-Europese standaardtijd schreef Ian
Keiller
via gnucash-user:
Given the installer detects and then uninstalls earlier versions of
GnuCash, shouldn't it be fixed so that all the necessary files are
deleted? It seems that if to avoid these bugs a manual uninstall plus
installation folder deletion is required, then it's not working.
In theory yes, having the installer uninstall an earlier version should be
sufficient. There
are some odd cases though where the installer doesn't uninstall *all* files and
hence
older files remain in place.
I have never been able to figure out what were the conditions for this to
happen. I only
have a few clues:
* If a file was altered since the installation, it will not always be
uninstalled
* If the file is still open (for example because gnucash is still running) it
won't be
uninstalled.
So perhaps one of these was at play ?
Note that not everyone updating gnucash on Windows runs into this, so there are
certainly cases where the installer properly does what it should.
Regards,
Geert
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