Ah log files are only created in the folder where you save your Gnucash
data file - if you haven't gotten that far previously I guess you can stop
looking...

Cheers David H.

On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 at 09:41, David Dalton <[email protected]> wrote:

> I did not find log files or a log folder anywhere in the C:\Program Files
> (x86)\gnucash folder or its subfolders. Show me where, as I may have missed
> it.
>
> I may try a trace tomorrow if I can find the time.
>
> My  libguile-2.2-1.dll looks like yours--same size, modified date.
>
> As I pointed out previously, I haven't yet tried to attach any images or
> files.
>
> I still believe that it may have to do with the .NET environment, as the
> desktop where it fails is running at .NET 8 and .NET 4 was removed (by the
> system, when I installed 8, as it is no longer supported). The laptop is at
> .NET 4, as set up by W11. What does your .Net environment look like? Or, it
> may be different processes etc. stepping on each other.
>
> Regards, Dave D
>
> On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 6:08 PM David H <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Yes reply-all is good :-)
>>
>> Did you check the log files in the folder where your Gnucash file is -
>> can't remember if you mentioned that already - there may or may not be
>> anything meaningful in them ?
>>
>> If all else fails you could try creating a trace file - details at
>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile and
>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Stack_Trace - might give us more of a clue
>> ?
>>
>> I'm also running Win 11 Pro 25H2 OS Build 26200.7462 on various desktops
>> and am Admin on them all.  No issues such as you're seeing on any of them,
>> touch wood.
>>
>> The libguile-2.2-1.dll file on my desktop doesn't look like it's changed
>> since june 2025 - screenshot below.
>>
>> Regarding images on the mailing list - you need to attach image files to
>> your email or I find if I only have one image I can get away with pasting
>> it into the email body in GMail as long as it's the very last thing in the
>> email.
>>
>> Cheers David H.
>>
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 at 08:33, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> By "reply to list", do you mean reply to all, which includes
>>> gnucash-user@...? Done. If something else, let me know. I've no
>>> experience with this kind of user support group, unlike with the standard
>>> forum.
>>>
>>> Last email: Yes, the libguile-2.2-1.dll file is there in the gnucash bin
>>> folder. It is not quarantined.
>>>
>>> First email: I did not attach files, as I stated. They were listed in
>>> event 1001, but most did not exist .
>>>
>>> Yes, I have a vanilla W11 Pro installation. It is fairly heavily loaded
>>> with running applications, and has many other applications installed. The
>>> installed apps shouldn't be a problem, but it seems all the application
>>> owners believe that they have the only application in the universe, so they
>>> load up the Windows system with a lot of background nonsense consisting of
>>> processes and start-on-boot things. One of those is probably the culprit,
>>> hence the ability to run on a lightly loaded laptop.
>>>
>>> I did turn off virus protection for a moment and GnuCash still
>>> disappeared in a blink, same application error.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the quick suggestions!
>>>
>>> David D
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: gnucash-user <[email protected]>
>>> On Behalf Of David H
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 3:41 PM
>>> To: David Carlson <[email protected]>
>>> Cc: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [GNC] Fwd: Requesting account
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David Dalton,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So do you have a C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\libguile-2.2-1.dll
>>> file on Win11 ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Did you do as John Ralls suggested and check whether your antivirus has
>>> quarantined the file ?  If it did quarantine it, have you marked it as safe
>>> and/or released it from quarantine ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers David H.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 at 04:14, David Carlson <[email protected]>
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>>>
>>> > From: <[email protected]>
>>>
>>> > Date: Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 7:25 AM
>>>
>>> > Subject: RE: [GNC] Requesting account
>>>
>>> > To: David Carlson <[email protected]>
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > David, Please reply to list.  I am not a developer, just an
>>>
>>> > evperienced user. If you attached files they didn't come through.  I
>>>
>>> > understand inline attachments don't work, and in any case, be sure to
>>>
>>> > sanitize anything before you send, as they go through the clearnet.  I
>>>
>>> > see that you do not have a plain vanilla windows 11 installation.  The
>>>
>>> > developers may need to know a little more about that without
>>> rervealing any security information.
>>>
>>> > I know nothing about W11.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Lastly, before you try to import quicken data, review others' advice
>>>
>>> > mostly suggesting that it may be a better choice to tie off history
>>>
>>> > without importing it into GnuCash.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > I did. The download is gnucash-5.14.setup.exe. And I downloaded it
>>>
>>> > from the org website.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > All failures result in GnuCash disappearing with the same error. The
>>>
>>> > event viewer application error shows Event 1000 :
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Faulting application name: gnucash.exe, version: 5.14.0.0, time stamp:
>>>
>>> > 0x69475b85
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Faulting module name: libguile-2.2-1.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp:
>>>
>>> > 0x68618b38
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Exception code: 0xc0000005
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Fault offset: 0x00006e22
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Faulting process id: 0x23DC
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Faulting application start time: 0x1DC7F0C3F8BCC39
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Faulting application path: C:\Program Files
>>>
>>> > (x86)\gnucash\bin\gnucash.exe
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Faulting module path: C:\Program Files
>>>
>>> > (x86)\gnucash\bin\libguile-2.2-1.dll
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Report Id: a4c47d81-8dcb-46fc-bce6-2e0c8e76877b
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Faulting package full name:
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Faulting package-relative application ID:
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > And event 1001, with several dumps, XMLs, CSV, etc.; link to attached
>>>
>>> > files not included here, but I could send:
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Fault bucket 2135402926830485574, type 1
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Event Name: APPCRASH
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Response: Not available
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Cab Id: 0
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Problem signature:
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > P1: gnucash.exe
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > P2: 5.14.0.0
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > P3: 69475b85
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > P4: libguile-2.2-1.dll
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > P5: 0.0.0.0
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > P6: 68618b38
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > P7: c0000005
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > P8: 00006e22
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > P9:
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > P10:
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Attached files: . . .
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > That said, a Quicken Classic error is causing a crash at each opening,
>>>
>>> > and I haven’t so far had any success with Quicken support getting it
>>>
>>> > fixed. I’m sure, with 25+ years of Quicken data, it won’t be easy to
>>>
>>> > make a change to GnuCash, but I may attempt it; however, the first
>>>
>>> > effort will be to fiddle with it for a while to see whether it will
>>>
>>> > satisfy my needs. After many days of trying to solve both GnuCash and
>>>
>>> > Quicken problems on my own, for some reason I have a suspicion that
>>>
>>> > both errors may be related to the .NET version set up on my desktop.
>>>
>>> > W11 comes with version 4, but some applications I use regularly
>>> require 6 or 8 and will soon be requiring 10.
>>>
>>> > If that rings a bell with you regarding GnuCash, we can pursue it. But
>>>
>>> > my first suspect is applications are stepping into the same code,
>>>
>>> > which should be at different levels.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > The problem is obviously with my desktop, as I installed both Quicken
>>>
>>> > and GnuCash on an HP laptop and they both run fine. The desktop is
>>>
>>> > heavily loaded, essentially a home server, installed on new hardware
>>> in April 2025.
>>>
>>> > The HP is not a secure device, so I refuse to run either of these
>>>
>>> > applications there; I installed simply to test.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > One last thought. I installed Quicken in the W11 Sandbox, with the
>>>
>>> > same crash. But I’m not sure how much a Sandboxed app is separated
>>>
>>> > from the standard system. I could install GnuCash in the sandbox as
>>>
>>> > well if requested to do so.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Thanks in advance for assistance. I’ve read a lot of good reviews of
>>>
>>> > GnuCash over the last several years.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > David Dalton
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > *From:* David Carlson <[email protected]>
>>>
>>> > *Sent:* Monday, January 5, 2026 5:24 PM
>>>
>>> > *To:* John Ralls <[email protected]>
>>>
>>> > *Cc:* David Dalton <[email protected]>; GnuCash List <
>>>
>>> > [email protected]>
>>>
>>> > *Subject:* Re: [GNC] Requesting account
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > David Dalton,
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Please verify that you started by downloading the current release 5.14
>>>
>>> > from the GnuCash. Org website rather than an earlier version, which
>>>
>>> > you then installed,  etc.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > David Carlson
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > On Mon, Jan 5, 2026, 4:05 PM John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > > On Jan 5, 2026, at 12:25 PM, David Dalton <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > >
>>>
>>> > > I am interested in replacing Quicken classic with gnucash, but
>>>
>>> > downloading,
>>>
>>> > > installing, and opening results in an Exception code: 0xc0000005,
>>>
>>> > Faulting
>>>
>>> > > module name: libguile-2.2-1.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp:
>>>
>>> > > 0x68618b38 I can't get to support to see if it is repairable without
>>>
>>> > > membership access.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Yes you can because you have: This is the support channel.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > That’s probably because your antivirus quarantined that library. Move
>>>
>>> > it from the quarantine directory (which varies depending on what
>>>
>>> > antivirus you’re using) to the install directory that defaults to
>>>
>>> > c:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> > Regards,
>>>
>>> > John Ralls
>>>
>>> >
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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