How to a migrate my data to another computer?

[macaronic]

I opened it!  Unfortunately I have no idea why!

Here's what I did:

I created a new GnuCash file and called it "frank".  Then I closed it and
tried to open my old "frank" file on the desktop and it worked. No error
message, no attitude, it simply opened the file.  This doesn't make any
sense and I don't buy it.  I don't see the connection between what I did and
the change in result.

In any event I did find this very frustrating and I wholeheartedly
appreciate your kind help.  It a good thing a like GnuCash...

Since I unfortunately don't know what the cause or solution to my problem
was, could you kindly what the best way of saving my data would be.  Do I
continue to use "Save As" (with sqlite3 as the format) in GnuCash and back
up my data to an external drive?  Is this the recommended way of making
regular back ups or transfering your data?

P.S. To answer your previous question: Yes, I had tried both on the desktop
on it's own and in a folder. Yes, I was trying to open the file in GnuCash
(i.e. not by double clicking it in explorer). I was using the latest
bleeding version 2.3.3.  I didn't know there was a difference between the
release and the beta version.  Thanks for pointing it out!





Tommy Trussell wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 6:49 AM, Colin Law<clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> 2009/8/5 macaronic <macaronic at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> Thanks a million Maf.King
>>>
>>> I copied it to my desktop -> No luck
>>> I copied it to a new folder to my desktop -> No luck
>>> I uninstall and reinstalled GnuCash and tried again -> No luck
>>> Always the same message: "The file //C:\Documents and
>>> Settings\Computer\Desktop\New Folder could not be found."
>>
>> You say that you copied it to a new folder on the desktop yet the
>> message is saying that it cannot find the folder.  Try just copying
>> the file franc to the desktop and opening it from there.
>>
>> Colin L
> 
> I believe an earlier message from macaronic says it was copied to the
> desktop and got the same message.
> 
> I want to be certain -- macaronic, are you going into GnuCash and
> choosing File --> Open, or are you double-clicking a file to open it?
> (I believe in an earlier message you said you were using FIle -->
> Open.)
> 
> ALSO, did you say what version of GnuCash you are trying to use? Is it
> the latest released version 2.2.9, or could it be the "bleeding edge"
> development version 2.3.3?
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