Pedro, That’s not necessary. Installers are special in that they can only run in admin mode so they’ll pop a user access control (UAC) dialog to ensure that they have the necessary privilege and consent. See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/application-security/application-control/user-account-control/.
Regards, John Ralls > On Sep 10, 2026, at 21:51, Pedro Albuquerque via gnucash-user > <[email protected]> wrote: > > P.S. I ran the installer from a local administrator account and as > administrator, just in case... > > ----- > Regards, > Pedro Albuquerque > > Em 11/09/2026 às 05:47, "Pedro Albuquerque via gnucash-user" > <[email protected]> escreveu: >> Hello, >> >> Liz, John, thank for your help. >> >> Liz, I did a full search on the C: drive and found no other file. >> >> John, I completely uninstalled GC using Revo Uninstaller, which also cleans >> all the remains. I then searched the registry for 'gnu' entries and deleted >> them all. I downloaded GC again, from the official website, obviously >> (https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20(stable)/5.16/gnucash-5.16.setup.exe), >> and reinstalled it with all default values. >> >> And that solved the problem. It seems GC doesn't like it when I put it in a >> different folder. Maybe you can get a clue for how to prevent this from >> happening. >> >> Many thanks everybody, for your time and trouble. >> >> ----- >> Regards, >> Pedro Albuquerque >> >> Em 10/09/2026 às 21:56, "Liz" <[email protected]> escreveu: >>> On Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:44:03 +0000 >>> Pedro Albuquerque via gnucash-user <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you Murugan, for the suggestion. >>>> >>>> If I rename the file like that, .local becomes the file extension. >>>> Not sure if that is what you want. Anyway, GC still starts in >>>> English. >>> >>> >>> A few Windows versions back, Windows started saving config files in >>> another place and using the saved one, not the one you changed. >>> >>> I haven't used Windows for many years, so if you can't find a secret >>> cache of config files used in preference to your one, others will have >>> to assist. >>> >>> Liz >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
