Transferring Data to New Computer

[David T.]

Quoting from an earlier message on this topic:

The file with the ".gcm" extension is not your 
data file. gcm is short hand for "GnuCash Metadata". That file only 
keeps information about what tabs/windows you had open the last time you 
closed your data file. 

Newer versions of GnuCash use the extension ".gnucash" by default for 
newly created files. It will not change the extension on existing files 
though. So if you are still working on the same data file from before 
you updated GnuCash, the extension should still be ".xac". 

If you're not sure of the name of your data file, you can open GnuCash 
and look in the title bar of the program. It will start with the name of 
your data file. This won't tell you were you stored it on your PC 
though, but search for a file with the name you found in the title bar. 

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David

On Feb 16, 2013, at 2:29 AM, ANDREW PAYNE <andrew.payne4 at btinternet.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I want to transfer my existing data to a new computer. 
> 
> 
> I took a copy of the GnuCash .gcm file and saved it to my new machine.  However when I tried to open it I got a failure message to the effect that 'no suitable backend' exists.
> 
> What do I need to do to overcome this? 
> 
> 
> Andrew
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