New PC

[Edwin Humphreys]

Thanks Derek, Maf and others who replied. I think I have it sussed. I saved my files (old PC) to USB stick, read them on the new PC and saved them to a selected location.
All looks good now (and I don't think I have destroyed any apps).
I'm grateful and will donate to your good work.
Edwin

-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Atkins [mailto:derek at ihtfp.com] 
Sent: Wednesday 7 June 2017 14:40
To: Edwin Humphreys <edwinh at eircom.net>
Cc: 'Maf. King' <maf at chilwell.net>; gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: RE: New PC

Hi Edwin.

You failed to transfer your data.

The GnuCash data file DOES NOT live under Program Files.
As for where it DOES live -- that very much depends on where you told GnuCash to save t.  Usually it would be in your Home Folder or in your My Documents folder.  But Gnucash will let you save it anywhere.

As many other people have suggested -- log in to your old machine, launch GnuCash (which will auto-open the last file it used), and then use File -> Save As (which will open a dialog and show you the folder where your data file is sitting).

Also note that by overwriting data in Program Files with your old stuff, you may have just destroyed some applications on your new system.  YMMV.

Good Luck.

-derek

On Wed, June 7, 2017 9:35 am, Edwin Humphreys wrote:
> Hi Maf (bit of confusion - you are now answering my earlier query - 
> same issue).
>
> Let me tell you exactly what I have done:
>
> *	On the old PC (Windows 10, but GnuCash 2.4.10 was installed under
> Windows 8) I copied everything in Program Files (x86) onto a USB stick.
> *	On the new PC (Windows 10), I downloaded GnuCash 2.6.16.
> *	I then copied all files from the USB stick to the same location on the
> new PC, replacing any of the same name.
> *	I then opened GnuCash.
>
> I don’t know how to access my data (assuming it has been transferred – 
> I could well have done something untoward). The accounts do not appear 
> as before and in ‘Open File’ I have the whole machine to choose from, 
> which is not much help. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks - Edwin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maf. King [mailto:maf at chilwell.net]
> Sent: Wednesday 7 June 2017 13:53
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Cc: Edwin Humphreys <edwinh at eircom.net>
> Subject: Re: New PC
>
> Hi,
>
> You can find the file from within GC on the old PC (you haven't 
> mentioned an OS)
>
> - if there's no file extension are you on a linux distro?
>
> File -> Save As will give you a pointer to the correct path to find 
> your data file.
>
> In fact, while you are in File -> Save As... you might as well just 
> save to a USB stick and save some clicking...
>
> Or if you have already copied your ~ to the new PC, just navigate to 
> the same path on the new PC and see what is there.
>
> HTH,
>
> Maf.
>
> On Wednesday, 7 June 2017 13:39:30 BST Edwin Humphreys wrote:
>
>> Thanks for pointing me at that info. But I’m still confused. On the
>
>> old PC, the release is 2.4.10 and I don’t see any file with an 
>> extension .gnucash.
>
>> Maybe the file extensions are different in release 2.6.16.
>
>> Any other thoughts?
>
>> From: Christopher Lam [ <mailto:christopher.lck at gmail.com>
>> mailto:christopher.lck at gmail.com]
>
>> Sent: Wednesday 7 June 2017 13:02
>
>> To: Edwin Humphreys < <mailto:edwinh at eircom.net> edwinh at eircom.net>
>
>> Cc:  <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org> gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>
>> Subject: Re: New PC
>>  
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>
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>
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>
>> On 7 June 2017 at 19:34, Edwin Humphreys <edwinh at eircom.net
>
>> < <mailto:edwinh at eircom.net> mailto:edwinh at eircom.net> > wrote:
>
>> I have GnuCash on an old PC, which I am now replacing. I can download
>
>> GnuCash onto the new PC, but how do I transfer my old finance details?
>
>> I have found nothing about this in your documentation or FAQs.
>
>> Thank you,
>
>> Dwin Tudor
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