File Restoration

[Mike C.]

I did what you suggested by moving .gnucash to another directory.  (It 
can't be renamed in Windows XP.) when I started the program it tried 
again to find the old file so I had to load the new file.  I saved it 
and closed the program.  When I tried to open it again I had the same 
problem even though the new file was listed in the book directory under 
.gnucash.
I have had to replace the .gnucash directory in the past when the 
program wouldn't open at all but that is not the case this time.  I have 
an old saved .gnucash file that worked before so replaced the current 
file with it.  After I opened the program and loaded the new file I 
saved it and closed the program.  When I opened the program again I had 
the same problem.  After loading the new file again I changed some data 
and saved the file, then closed the program.  When I opened it again, 
success!!, the new file opened with the program.  I closed the program 
and rebooted the computer just to make sure it was fixed.  Failure!! I'm 
back where it looks for the old file at startup.
This is with version 2.2.9 not the new beta release.
Any suggestion I could try would be appreciated.
Mike

Michael Leone wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 11:24 PM, Tommy
> Trussell<tommy.trussell at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Mike C.<subscribe307 at verizon.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> I recently saved my data file to a new file name and have entered data in
>>> the new file.  Now when ever I reboot the computer and open Gnucash it opens
>>> the old file.  If I am working on the new file and save it, then close
>>> Gnucash, and reopen Gnucash without rebooting it will open with the new
>>> file.  How do I fix this so it always opens to the recently used file?
>>> I am using version 2.2.9 on Windows XP.
>>> Thanks for any suggestions,
>>> Mike
>>>       
>> If you were using linux I would suggest you close GnuCash and rename
>> the ~/.gnucash directory. When you start GnuCash again it will
>> re-create the directory. You will lose saved reports and some
>> preferences.
>>
>> I don't know where the Windows version puts the "hidden" gnucash
>> directory,
>>     
>
> Mine is under the user profile directory . Almost always "C:\Documents
> and Settings\<username>" (for WinXP; not sure what the equivalent path
> in Vista is). The exact path is listed in the environmental variable
> "USERPROFILE"; type "set" at a command prompt to list all the
> environmental variables.
>
> I refer to the ".gnucash" folder. In the same location are the
> ".gconf", ".gconfd", ".gnome2", and ".gnome2_private" directories.
>
>   
>> but it sounds like on yours the permissions are wrong (if that's possible in Windows)
>>     
>
> Windows NTFS file permissions can be very granular, but by default,
> the user profile folder is given FULL control to the user. You'd
> usually have to make a spceial effort to change those permissions.
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