Where Is Data File? Name & Location?

[Derek Atkins]

Did you File -> Save before you quit?

-derek

Quoting RZT55 <member5555 at yahoo.com>:

>
> Hello!
>
> I just downloaded GnuCash & imported my Quicken 2005 data (from a QIF file).
> I used the initial import feature that came up with running GnuCash the
> first time.
>
> It seemed to import the data fine but when I closed GnuCash and then re-ran
> it, I could not find the data file.  When I select File-->Open-->Open..., it
> defaults to the C:\Program Files\GnuCash\bin directory (I am using Windows
> XP).
>
> I do not know what the data file name is or where it is located.  I did
> discover a number of directories that were created under my C:\Documents and
> Settings\<name>\ directory like ".gnucash", ".gconf", ".gnome2", etc.
>
> I searched on Google but could not find anything except about backup files
> and logs.
>
> Maybe I'm just being dense, but it seems that GnuCash installs in a
> non-Windows standard way.  Normally programs create data files and
> directories in the "My Documents" directory, or the ...\Application Data
> directory, or in the directory they are installed in.
>
> Could someone please help me out by explaining or giving me a URL where file
> directory layout for GnuCash as well as where the data files are kept, and
> whether they can be relocated to a user-selectable directory.
>
> Thanks in advance!
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