gnucash directory and file locations

[Lincoln A. Baxter]

I think there is a .bat file that runs the GC executable, if not create
one.

Modify that file to set the environment variable HOME to something other
thank your home dir or the current default. If you do this (make sure
the directory exists... you could use the App Data directory if you
wanted) and is not where you are storing your GC data files)

Launch GC at least once, and you should find the same .* directories in
the new location.  Once you see that working, just remove the files from
your normal windoze home directory.

Or... you might try marking these directories as invisible within
windoze explorer... but if you show "invisible" files, then you will
still see them.

On Unix (Linux), filenames that begin with a dot (.) are "invisible".  A
typical linux user could have 50-100 such files in her home dir, and
never be bothered by them...  

Lincoln


On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 20:54 -0500, Mike & Penny Hubbard wrote:
> I just installed gnucash 2.2.9 today and spent a few hours entering 
> information for my small business.  Everything seems to work fine and I 
> like the program.  But, when I went to move a copy of the gnucash file 
> to another location for backup purposes I noticed that I have a lot of 
> gnucash directories and files in my user directory.  I am not talking 
> about the .gnucash file, the backup, and the transaction log files, as I 
> have recently moved those to another subdirectory.  The directories and 
> files that are in my user directory are:
> 
> .gconf [directory]
> .gconfd [directory]
> .gnome2 [directory]
> .gnome2_private [directory]
> .recently_used.xbel [file]
> .ntuser.dat.LOG1 [file]
> .ntuser.dat.LOG2 [file]
> 
> I don't know if I did something wrong during the installation that put 
> these files there, but I don't want all of these items cluttering up my 
> user directory.  These folders and files seem that they should be in a 
> gnucash subdirectory under Appdata - can I move them there?  Is there 
> somewhere else that these directories and files should be moved, as they 
> certainly should not be in the main user directory, which is reserved 
> for top level directories for documents, music, pictures, etc, not 
> application files and directories.
> 
> I hate to have to lose the data that I input today, but wish I had 
> checked the directory earlier, as this clutter is a show stopper for me.
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> 
> Mike
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