Thank you John :) Kinda following Liz' tip, I repeated the uninstall processed and reinstalled on a different folder, C:\Users\Pedro Albuquerque\GnuCash\, and GC also worked fine. I then installed it on D:\Programas\GnuCash\, everything fine. It seems the problem is with the accent in 'Escritório'.
So, since we can choose any installation folder, I guess the installer needs some update? Or is this a Windows issue? Should I add this to my request in Bugzilla? ----- Regards, Pedro Albuquerque [Join StarLink](https://starlink.com?referral=RC-DF-11719992-38576-14) Em 11/09/2026 às 16:57, John Ralls <[email protected]> escreveu: > 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.
