How to change name of "root account"

[Maf. King]

On Thursday 31 Jan 2008, Robert Smits wrote:
> Somehow I now keep getting the words Root Account showing up in all my
> categories, etc.
>
> I certainly don't remember changing the name to root account, but I've been
> doing the books on different physical machines from time to time. (And
> always using the latest GNUCASH file).
>
> I don't seem to be able to change the name of the root account to something
> more sensible. When I edit the name of the account, it then asks for the
> type of account, but there is no option here that matches a root account.
> What happens when I choose one of the account types? Do I just choose one?
> Arrrrrgh!

Hi Robert,

IIRC, this happens when you go from GC 2.2.x back to an older version - if you 
aren't (or can't) going to upgrade to 2.2.x soon, then you probably need to 
reparent each of your accounts, so that root:assets becomes assets etc.  When 
root is empty, you can just delete it.

HTH,
Maf.
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