gnucash data storage

[Jim]

Thanks Ian for a reply. I do wish to clarify something for those
that may respond. We have: used add/remove, deleted all entries
we could find in the registry, removed all traces from MyComputer/
C/Program Files, deleted all entries we could find in My Documents
and even emptied the recycle bin, then did a restart of Windows XP.
Once the machine had restarted, we again downloaded the program, and
let it install. Upon completion of the apparently new installation,
when we first opened the program, all his data was present. I just
now had a thought...it could be somewhere in the Windows folder as
a .dat file, or in system restore?  I'll check that tomorrow afternoon.
	I do appreciate the assistance.
	Respectfully,
	Jim Alexander


On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 11:40 +0900, Ian Lewis wrote:
> Forgot to CC the list.
> 
> *still wishes "reply to all" was the default in mail clients*
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> 2008/8/26 Ian Lewis <ianmlewis at gmail.com>
>         Jim,
>         
>         The data is stored in the gnucash data file which is stored
>         wherever your friend stored it on disk originally. Gnucash
>         simply remembers the last file you had open and opens it
>         automatically on startup. I'm not sure where gnucash would
>         save this file by default on Windows but it's likely this file
>         is in your friend's My Documents folder or something like
>         that.
>         
>         If you are simply trying to delete accounts you can delete
>         accounts normally in gnucash by right clicking on them and
>         selecting the "delete account" option. You could also just
>         start over from scratch by selecting File->New->New File
>         
>         Ian
>         
>         2008/8/26 Jim <jaleks at galaxycable.net>
>         
>         
>                        My friend uses Windows XP Pro. He has
>                 inadvertently entered wrong
>                 accounts in his copy of gnucash. I use Linux version
>                 and do not
>                 know where the data is stored in the Windows version.
>                 In order to
>                 show him how to set up the accounts better, I need to
>                 know how to
>                 remove the incorrect accounts. So far, when we tried
>                 to delete thru
>                 add/remove or going to registry and deleting all
>                 gnucash entries,
>                 the next time we install gucash, the incorrect
>                 information returns.
>                 Will someone please advise us how to remove the
>                 incorrect data (or
>                 better, perhaps) completely remove gnucash so we can
>                 get a clean
>                 fresh install in Windows XP pro?
>                        Thanks for any responses
>                        Jim
>                 
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