Gnucash preferences not being stored/read

[Mark Jones]

On 27/04/2010 14:25, Mike or Penny Novack wrote:
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I have a problem with Gnucash for Windows 2.2.9 - remembering any of 
>> my preferences (e.g. recently used files, tips window, new accounts 
>> list set up window etc.). I understand that these settings are stored 
>> under C:\Documents and Settings\<User>\.gconf\ . I can see the folder 
>> and the settings relevant to Gnucash in it but Gnucash does not 
>> appear to be reading this. If I delete the \.gconf folder I find that 
>> it does not make any difference - it is not re-created at application 
>> start up time, nor if I change any settings from the preferences 
>> dialogue box or even if I uninstall/re-install Gnucash again after 
>> deleting the folder.
>>
>> Is this folder definitely where Gnucash stores preferences? When does 
>> Gnucash normally create this folder? How would I get Gnucash to 
>> remember my preferences again?
>>
>> Many thanks.
>> Mark
>
> I have this problem too, but I know WHY in my case (and how I could 
> fix it)
>
> Mark, what is your Windows user ID? (what you use to log in to Windows)
> That can be the problem as there are characters legal in a Windows 
> name that are not legal in one of the "outside" things that GnuCash 
> uses. Your log in ID gets used as part of the path name. The GnuCash 
> team can't fix that as doesn't "own" that part and the "politics"* of 
> the open source world might be preventing the issue from being addressed.
>
> Michael
>
> * In this case, that some of the open source world is hostile to 
> Windows -- the problem wouldn't arise in the Linux world as those 
> characters then not legal in a name. I'm in the unfortunate reverse 
> position where I can't feel that I can recommend (organizational) use 
> of an app unless it can run under Windows.

Actually my Windows user name is "Mark" so it's not likely that's the 
problem. I do have a problem in that when I renamed the ".gconf" folder  
to "_.gconf" while I was testing now I cannot rename it back because 
Windows does not allow users to name folders beginning with a "." but 
that's a separate issue really.

(BTW, Does the list software automatically CC replies to the sender or 
is that a protocol I should be following when posting to the list?)

Mark