Lots of people are having similar issues, they may different but related. Hopefully more people who have found a workaround will report their success
David Carlson On Thu, Dec 25, 2025, 12:58 PM R Losey <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with what you say; I'm just saying that such was not my case: my > Windows download never started. The ONLY thing I did was to change the > mirror site from my default (Miami) to another location (New York), and it > downloaded just fine. It installed without any problems (needed admin > permissions), and came up just fine. > > I can only conclude that the Miami mirror had some kind of issue. > > > On Thu, Dec 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM David Carlson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Microsoft has upped the ante to prevent malefactors from infecting our >> computers and antivirus software is also doing it's part in protecting us. >> However, they sometimes also protect us from infection from "unknown" >> sources like gnucash.org. >> >> On Thu, Dec 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM R Losey <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I've never needed the administrator account to download GnuCash; I DO >>> need it to install the program. >>> >>> The download error was clearly some problem with the mirror I was >>> directed to (the Miama USA one). >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM David Carlson < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I think permissions is the key word. Probably need to use >>>> administrator account >>>> >>>> David Carlson >>>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 24, 2025, 3:39 PM R Losey <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> This was using the current version of Firefox. I've never had trouble >>>>> before; it may have been the mirror site, not us... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Dec 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM Adam H. Kerman <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> > 12:30pm -0000 12/24/25 R Losey <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > >I had a similar problem; went to download Windows 5.14, and the >>>>> download >>>>> > >never started... I clicked on Problems with Download, and changed >>>>> the >>>>> > >Mirror source from Miami (where it had been) to New York, and it >>>>> then >>>>> > >downloaded just fine. >>>>> > >>>>> > Is your browser Microsoft Edge? Yes, I have noticed that it will not >>>>> > download executable files without the user jumping through additional >>>>> > hoops, >>>>> > but I haven't noticed that limited to a specific file server. Weird. >>>>> > >>>>> > When I download in Firefox, it's never attempted to block the >>>>> download of >>>>> > executable files. >>>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>>> > gnucash-user mailing list >>>>> > [email protected] >>>>> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>>> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>>> > ----- >>>>> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>>> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> _________________________________ >>>>> Richard Losey >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> Micah 6:8 >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>>> ----- >>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> _________________________________ >>> Richard Losey >>> [email protected] >>> Micah 6:8 >>> >> >> >> -- >> David Carlson >> > > > -- > _________________________________ > Richard Losey > [email protected] > Micah 6:8 > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
