# Need someone on Windows with a github account **URL:** \ **Category:** Development\ **Created:** [March 20, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237 "2026-03-20T19:53:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dsblank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/dsblank/32/3649_2.png) [@dsblank](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/dsblank)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237/21 "2026-03-21T14:32:22Z")
That is helpful… I’ll try to make them the same. ---
**Author:** ![DaveSch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/davesch/32/40_2.png) [@DaveSch](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/DaveSch)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237/22 "2026-03-21T14:55:17Z")
> [@dsblank](#): > > What was it before? ![Gramps-folders](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/2/2ac91408d83614bd8c1fe9f1b4b46b651f60acd8.png) ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237/23 "2026-03-21T15:47:03Z")
This might be a bit beyond scope. The Gramps AOI installer has a default (non-optional) Dictionary and Translation set to `en-GB`. However, given the color/colour and -ize/-ise thoughout the GUI, the Translation must be `en-US` (which is not an option in the Translations checkboxes) ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/1X/55d56e97f9a4252d389f66c75b5c3c141d64bb58.png) This is probably not very important… except the the `en-US` _Dictionary_ option **IS** available and yet **IS NOT** selected by default. Responses in the past say it is not _possible_ to deselect the `en-GB` defaults in **Dictionaries** and **Translations**. But perhaps TWO dictionaries could selected by default? The `en-GB` _ **and** _ the `en-US` ? ---
**Author:** ![dsblank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/dsblank/32/3649_2.png) [@dsblank](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/dsblank)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237/24 "2026-03-21T18:55:53Z")
@Nick-Hall and colleagues, I think you’ll find this Gramps AIO 6.0.7 windows version ready for final testing: > It should now put the files as before: ![Screenshot from 2026-03-21 14-51-44](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/4/4c27bf11d42d39d00a9bdcd2f2ef56fa29dd0b9e.png) Sorry, @emyoulation I wasn’t able to alter the translation languages. ---
**Author:** ![Nick-Hall](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/nick-hall/32/95_2.png) [@Nick-Hall](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/Nick-Hall)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237/25 "2026-03-21T19:26:16Z")
> [@dsblank](#): > > @Nick-Hall and colleagues, I think you’ll find this Gramps AIO 6.0.7 windows version ready for final testing I really appreciate all the work that you have put into this. The old cx\_Freeze version was failing to build on a regular basis. Hopefully the PyInstaller version will be more reliable. I don’t use Windows myself, but I’m sure that there are people who are willing to do some testing for us. ---
**Author:** ![stuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@stuck](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/stuck)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237/26 "2026-03-22T12:26:47Z")
> [@Nick-Hall](#): > > people who are willing to do some testing I’ve used Windows forever but I’m not a developer. That probably means that although I willing to do some testing I’m not actually able to help because I’ve no idea what to do with the .yml file on the end of the link posted by @dsblank. Any clues as to how to use it to get a .exe that I can run and report back on what happens? ---
**Author:** ![dsblank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/dsblank/32/3649_2.png) [@dsblank](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/dsblank)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237/27 "2026-03-22T12:45:41Z")
There is a link at the bottom of the link to download a zip file, then run the installer exe. ---
**Author:** ![stuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@stuck](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/stuck)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237/28 "2026-03-22T12:52:40Z")
Oh, I’ll take another look as I missed that… ---
**Author:** ![stuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@stuck](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/stuck)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237/29 "2026-03-22T12:59:39Z")
I think I’m not seeing it because I don’t have a github account. I’ll create one as soon as I get a chance… ---
**Author:** ![codefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@codefarmer](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/codefarmer)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237/30 "2026-03-22T18:36:40Z")
@dsblank Thanks so much for generating this build and the new installer! 🏅 I installed it in a Windows 10 clean sandbox environment. The first problem I’ve encountered after creating a new family tree is that running Family Trees \> Import… crashes Gramps to the desktop every time. Is anyone else seeing this? In the same environment, I installed Gramps 6.0.6 and this operation works fine. Comparing the output of Pre-Requisites checker on 6.0.7 vs 6.0.6 and ignoring version differences, 6.0.7 is missing: - GExiv2 (known) - GooCanvas - NumPy - pydotplus - pygraphviz Finally, a few console messages on startup: ```python (process:4260): GLib-GIRepository-CRITICAL **: 13:49:30.774: Unable to load platform-specific GIO introspection data: Typelib file for namespace 'GLibWin32' (any version) not found (process:4260): GLib-GIRepository-CRITICAL **: 13:49:30.914: Unable to load platform-specific GIO introspection data: Typelib file for namespace 'GioWin32' (any version) not found (gramps.exe:4260): Gtk-WARNING **: 13:49:47.450: Could not find the icon 'missing-image-ltr'. The 'hicolor' theme was not found either, perhaps you need to install it. You can get a copy from: http://icon-theme.freedesktop.org/releases ``` Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![lordemannd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/lordemannd/32/583_2.png) [@lordemannd](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/lordemannd)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237/31 "2026-03-22T18:50:18Z")
The Windows Event viewer might have recorded why Gramps was killed by Windows ---
**Author:** ![codefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@codefarmer](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/codefarmer)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237/32 "2026-03-22T18:53:44Z")
Thanks for the reminder. Crash occurs in libglib-2 ```python Problem signature Problem Event Name: APPCRASH Application Name: grampsw.exe Application Version: 0.0.0.0 Application Timestamp: 69bee2da Fault Module Name: libglib-2.0-0.dll Fault Module Version: 2.88.0.0 ``` ---
**Author:** ![dsblank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/dsblank/32/3649_2.png) [@dsblank](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/dsblank)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237/33 "2026-03-22T20:05:54Z")
Claude says: The crash is almost certainly missing gschemas.compiled. Two problems: 1. glib-compile-schemas.exe is probably not in the PyInstaller bundle (it’s a utility, not imported by Python), so the NSIS post-install step silently fails 2. GSETTINGS\_SCHEMA\_DIR is not set in grampsaiow.py, so GLib doesn’t know where to find schemas even if they were compiled The fix has two parts: In build.sh: compile the schemas during the build (before pyinstaller runs) so gschemas.compiled is already present when PyInstaller copies share/glib-2.0/schemas/ into the bundle: glib-compile-schemas /mingw64/share/glib-2.0/schemas/ In grampsaiow.py: tell GLib where to find the compiled schemas at runtime: environ[“GSETTINGS\_SCHEMA\_DIR”] = join(\_meipass, “share”, “glib-2.0”, “schemas”) This way we don’t need glib-compile-schemas.exe in the bundle at all — the compiled file is baked in at build time. * * * @codefarmer or others: would you be able to pick up it up at this point? I just can NOT test out the binaries. ---
**Author:** ![codefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@codefarmer](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/codefarmer)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237/34 "2026-03-22T20:17:11Z")
I’m able to spend some time on it today. However, at this point I feel I might have a better chance at attempting to fix the AIO (cx\_freeze version) than the new one. Let me pick that up from the comments you posted about fixing the ssl cert issues in that build. ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 12:36pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237/35 "2026-03-25T12:36:23Z")
A post was split to a new topic: [Strange “db changed” Debugging warning](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/strange-db-changed-debugging-warning/9261) ---
**Author:** ![codefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9e5f3/32.png) [@codefarmer](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/codefarmer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237/36 "2026-03-25T12:24:51Z")
@emyoulation Can we move @stuck’s message with feedback on the released Windows AIO 6.0.7 to a new thread? The reason is that this thread is about the alternate installer that Doug created, whereas the released installer available now is not based on that. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![dsblank](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/dsblank/32/3649_2.png) [@dsblank](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/dsblank)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237/37 "2026-03-25T12:26:58Z")
We can probably close this whole post ---
**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/need-someone-on-windows-with-a-github-account/9237/38 "2026-03-25T12:34:13Z")
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