Can't open account

[Derek Atkins]

Dave Smith <dave.smith at tstt.net.tt> writes:

> I needed to do a clean re-install of FC3 and so I backed up up my /home
> directory; did a clean install; and then moved /home back to its
> original location.
>
> Now that I am trying to open GnuCash I get the error message the my
> original accounts "can't be found". 

Are you sure it's in the same place?  Are you sure you have the same
UID?

> So I then try and open them by going into the programme and opening
> Account Summary. I get another error message saying: "This file/URL
> appears to be from a newer version of GnuCash. You must upgrade ..."

What file did you open?  Are you sure you opened your gnucash data file
and not something else?

> Now the problem is that is not so. I have the most recent version of
> GnuCash (8.1.11) and, just as important, I have the same version (as far
> as I know) that I had when I created the accounts int he first place.
>
> Does anyone know what is going on here and what to do about it?

Generally that error means you pointed gnucash at an unknown file.  I
dont think anything changed in the file-open code path since 1.8.9
that could cause this, so my first guess is that you're trying to open
a non-gnucash file, and gnucash is complaining at you about it.

-derek

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