Re: [GNC] Download GnuCash issue

2022-02-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Glad you got it working, but 11Gb is more than enough to install GnuCash. (by 10+Gb) Perhaps something else was amiss that you happened to clear up. Regards, Adrien On 2/12/22 11:48 AM, David Long wrote: Hi, To update, my laptop is a 64 bit machine. I cleared up a bit of disk space, and now

Re: [GNC] Download GnuCash issue

2022-02-12 Thread David Long
Hi, To update, my laptop is a 64 bit machine. I cleared up a bit of disk space, and now it's installing correctly. Thanks all David On Sat, 12 Feb 2022, 17:22 David Carlson, wrote: > If Windows 8.1 is a 32 bit OS there could be file size issues, as it could > only look at 2 gig spaces > > On

Re: [GNC] Download GnuCash issue

2022-02-12 Thread David Long
Hi , The message I got was that GnuCash was not compatible with my PC and I should contact the publisher. I am using this old lap top as am planning to travel. The latest version installed fine on my Desktop. David On Sat, 12 Feb 2022, 17:22 David Carlson, wrote: > If Windows 8.1 is a 32 bit OS

Re: [GNC] Download GnuCash issue

2022-02-12 Thread David Carlson
If Windows 8.1 is a 32 bit OS there could be file size issues, as it could only look at 2 gig spaces On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 10:33 AM john wrote: > No, GnuCash is built for 32-bit on Windows so that it will work on older > machines. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Feb 12, 2022, at 8:13 AM,

Re: [GNC] Download GnuCash issue

2022-02-12 Thread john
No, GnuCash is built for 32-bit on Windows so that it will work on older machines. Regards, John Ralls > On Feb 12, 2022, at 8:13 AM, Jon Schewe wrote: > > Maybe that's all that is available. > Can you post the specific text of the dialog here? That may help in > determining what the issue

Re: [GNC] Download GnuCash issue

2022-02-12 Thread Jon Schewe
Maybe that's all that is available. Can you post the specific text of the dialog here? That may help in determining what the issue is. GnuCash does say it supports Windows 8. One possibility is that GnuCash is built as a 64-bit application and you have a 32-bit version of Windows. You can follow

Re: [GNC] Download GnuCash issue

2022-02-12 Thread David Carlson
That sounds like you are trying to drive a Tesla on a cow path. Why try? On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 7:37 AM wrote: > Hi, I downloaded the latest version of GnuCash (4.9) onto an older laptop > running Windows 8.1 , but when I tried to run the setup got a message that > it could not run on this

[GNC] Download GnuCash issue

2022-02-12 Thread davidvernonlong
Hi, I downloaded the latest version of GnuCash (4.9) onto an older laptop running Windows 8.1 , but when I tried to run the setup got a message that it could not run on this machine. Same thing with an older version of GnuCash. I have about 11 GB of disk space remaining on this machine. What