gnucash data storage

[Andreas Köhler]

Hi Jim,

On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 18:55 -0500, Jim wrote:
> 	My friend uses Windows XP Pro. He has inadvertently entered wrong
> accounts in his copy of gnucash. I use Linux version and do not
> know where the data is stored in the Windows version. In order to
> show him how to set up the accounts better, I need to know how to
> remove the incorrect accounts. So far, when we tried to delete thru
> add/remove or going to registry and deleting all gnucash entries,
> the next time we install gucash, the incorrect information returns.
> Will someone please advise us how to remove the incorrect data (or
> better, perhaps) completely remove gnucash so we can get a clean
> fresh install in Windows XP pro?
> 	Thanks for any responses 
> 	Jim

open up a console, via Start > Run as ... cmd.exe
cd C:\Program Files\gnucash\bin

then issue
gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/gnucash/history

or if you prefer to reset all gconf-stored gnucash settings
gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/gnucash

Ciao,
-- andi5