Won't save and can't access file

[Fred Bone]

On 3 August 2015 at 11:23, Gill Pyrah said:

> I'm trying to close and save my gnucash file but keep getting this error
> message in red with a large warning exclamation mark: "Could not make a
> backup of the file file://C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin\G Pyrah
> accounts from 18 5 14.gnucash" Then, if I try to continue I get a string
> ending in "bin", and am asked for a new file name. I have lost everything
> to the bin in the past. How do I get past this circle of messages, back up
> and close, can anyone help? I've looked right through the documentation
> but can't find a relevant section. Then. I also want to send a copy of the
> whole file to my accountant and once again it seems that instead the whole
> file is likely to go to the bin. Please help if you can! Thanks so much.
> Gill Pyrah

You appear to be trying to save your data in the program directory, on a 
version of Windows which (quite sensibly) will not let you do that.

Save it somewhere else instead. The "save as" dialog doesn't look much 
like the standard Windows one but it does provide the same functionality, 
if you take the time to look at it.