Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-22 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Stan Brown wrote: On 2023-04-17 15:32, Keith N. McKenna wrote: Paul Kroitor wrote:  From the web I see that this was a known issue with Windows 10 in the past, apparently caused by the file association for .exe files being corrupted, but I don't see reports anywhere for Windows 11. If this

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-18 Thread Stan Brown
On 2023-04-17 15:32, Keith N. McKenna wrote: > Paul Kroitor wrote: >>  From the web I see that this was a known issue with Windows 10 in the >> past, apparently caused by the file association for .exe files being >> corrupted, but I don't see reports anywhere for Windows 11. If this >> was the

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-18 Thread Fred Bone
On 17 April 2023 at 18:38, Adrien Monteleone said: > Ah, forgot about the 'S' variant. If I'm not mistaken, it is also > possible to convert a regular installation to 'S', but you'd have to know > you did it. It won't be an accident. Other way round. You can install Windows in "S" mode (or get

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-17 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Ah, forgot about the 'S' variant. If I'm not mistaken, it is also possible to convert a regular installation to 'S', but you'd have to know you did it. It won't be an accident. Regards, Adrien On 4/17/23 5:32 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: It is possible that the system that the op has is an S

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-17 Thread Keith N. McKenna
al Message- From: gnucash-user On Behalf Of Glenn Fowler Sent: Monday, April 10, 2023 8:49 AM To: David H Cc: GnuCash users group Subject: Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device Good point, I forgot about that. However, the machine is acting as if it doesn't recognize the extension:

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread David H
Christopher, Just a bit of Gnucash mailing list etiquette - please use reply all to keep everything on the mailing list so anyone following this thread is across everything :-) As you'll see at the bottom of your properties screenshot that you sent me you have a security warning - typically when

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread Christopher Smallman via gnucash-user
Hi everyone and thanks for all of your help and suggestions. I thought that I would try to download V 5 to my desktop and it worked perfectly. I then copied the download file to a flash drive & used it to open V 5 on my new laptop. Also worked perfectly & I am up to date. The problem appears

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread Paul Kroitor
s reliable. Paul -Original Message- From: gnucash-user On Behalf Of Paul Kroitor Sent: Monday, April 10, 2023 9:59 AM To: 'Glenn Fowler' ; 'David H' Cc: 'GnuCash users group' Subject: Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device The file shows "Application" in the Type column, which

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread Christopher Smallman via gnucash-user
Thanks Michael I have sent a reply to David H. The properties show an .exe extension. There must be a reason! Chris > On 10 April 2023 at 13:14 "Fross, Michael" wrote: > > > Hello Christopher - I don't think it's an executable. Windows is trying to > find the program to open it with and

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread Paul Kroitor
- From: gnucash-user On Behalf Of Glenn Fowler Sent: Monday, April 10, 2023 8:49 AM To: David H Cc: GnuCash users group Subject: Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device Good point, I forgot about that. However, the machine is acting as if it doesn't recognize the extension: ".set

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread Glenn Fowler
Good point, I forgot about that. However, the machine is acting as if it doesn't recognize the extension: ".setup". Hopefully Christopher can shed some light on it. On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 8:05 AM David H wrote: > Glenn > > Is it though? That possibly depends on whether show file extensions

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread Fross, Michael
Hello Christopher - I don't think it's an executable. Windows is trying to find the program to open it with and can't find it in the store. I'd re-download it from the official store and turn on extension visibility per David H.'s comment and try again. Michael On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 7:06 AM

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread David H
Glenn Is it though? That possibly depends on whether show file extensions is on or off. Cheers David Halverson On Mon, 10 Apr 2023 at 21:46, Glenn Fowler wrote: > Hi, > > It's missing the ".exe* in the file name. Did you save it like that or did > you download it from a different source

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread Glenn Fowler
Hi, It's missing the ".exe* in the file name. Did you save it like that or did you download it from a different source other than github or sourceforge? On Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 6:51 AM Christopher Smallman via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > I am trying to find help with

Re: [GNC] set up Gnucash on a new device

2023-04-10 Thread David H
What happens if you click no on the prompt ? Cheers David H On Mon, 10 Apr 2023 at 8:52 pm, Christopher Smallman via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > I am trying to find help with setting up my GnuCash programme on a new > Windows 11 laptop. > > I have downloaded the correct