Transfer account to another computer

[Colin Law]

On 15 June 2011 15:15, Reuven <anafshalom at gmail.com> wrote:
> On windows I'm not sure what the equivalent is to $HOME.  I did a search
> of the entire windows directory and found no files with <mumble>

<mumble> is whatever you called your accounts file when you first
saved.  accounts for example.  Search for *.xac files and that should
get you to the right folder, which will be the one you chose (or
accepted default of) when you first saved the file.

Colin

>
> Any ideas where to put these preference files from Linux so the Windows
> version will find them?
>
> Reuven
> On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 14:52 +0100, Maf King wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday 15 Jun 2011 14:32:10 Robert Heller wrote:
>> > At Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:13:02 -0400 anafshalom at alumni.iu.edu wrote:
>> > > Thank you!
>> > >
>> > > So now I see that there are a couple of files in the .gnucash folder
>> > > namely stylesheets-2.0 and /books/<mumble> which I think I would need to
>> > > get gnuCash to open in the same state as I left it (same account windows
>> > > open and same reports open).  Question is--Where do I put them in
>> > > windows?
>> >
>> > *I* have no clue.  I have never used MS-Windows.  You should *always*
>> > use 'reply-all' when replying to the list.
>> >
>> > > Reuven
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> You may also want the stuff in ~/.gconf/apps/gnucash/* too, which I think is
>> where preferences are stored by the gconf deamon.
>>
>> I also have no idea about where you put them on a windows system - how about
>> the same place as you are copying them from on the old system? (ie. $HOME)
>>
>> Maf.
>>
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