how to erase the definitly the name of an account

[Mark Johnson]

Use gconf-editor to remove the files from apps/gnucash/history rather 
than editting the xml file.  Editting the xml file directly won't 
produce the desired results because gconf is running at the time.

I start it at a command line like this:
$ gconf-editor

Mark

Guy FEUILLET wrote:

>hello Mark  : 
>you are right : 
>"...I believe you mean the old file name, and you've actually started a new 
>data file.  Is this correct?
>Yes it is ,
>"Have you deleted the old data file?" 
>yes , when I edit the only file '%gconf.xml' present in 'apps/gnucash/history/    I deleted the lines related of the two old files,previously manually deleted, and save it and I then I check it, but if I open again gnucash the name of this files are still there in the file menu , and if I return to the modified %gconf.xml I can see again the lines of these old files . Still now I haven't find any solution.
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>>Message du 15/01/07 22:50
>>De : "Mark Johnson" <mrj001 at shaw.ca>
>>A : guyfeuillet at wanadoo.fr
>>Copie à : gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>>Objet : Re: how to erase the definitly the name of an account
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>>>sorry for my poor english skill,
>>>but as a new user (under fedora 6 and gnome) I try to create an account
>>>with gnucash for my personal need and now I decide to delete it .
>>>I want to start again gnucash 'since the beginning', and to thus erase
>>>completely the account created, I had the choice on the menu to erase
>>>this account and the operations and it was ok, but then by starting
>>>gnucash again, it always displays the name of the old account under file
>>>in the menu. So my question is this one : in which file can hide the
>>>name of this old account previously created and how to delete it
>>>definitively?
>>>thanks
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>>When you say "the name of the old account under file in the menu", I 
>>believe you mean the old file name, and you've actually started a new 
>>data file.  Is this correct?
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>>Have you deleted the old data file?  Simply deleting it won't remove it 
>>from the recently used files near the bottom of the File Menu.  For 
>>that, you can run at a command line:
>>$ gconf-editor
>>Look under /apps/gnucash/history
>>This contains the files which are listed near the bottom of the File 
>>Menu.  You can then change them.
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>>Mark
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