File Restoration

Colin Law clanlaw at googlemail.com
Tue Jul 14 16:27:40 EDT 2009


2009/7/14 Mike C. <subscribe307 at verizon.net>:
> 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
>

As a matter of interest if you look in the properties of the shortcut
or menu item you are starting gnucash with does it have any command
line parameters specified?  It may not be relevant but may provide a
clue.

Colin


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