Gnucash 2.2.9 for Windows no longer remembers certain settings

[Mike C.]

I am not a developer so my knowledge is limited.  I did not reinstall 
Gnucash.  With the program closed I deleted the .gconf file and then 
opened the program and the file was rebuilt.
Mike

On 4/15/2010 7:35 AM, Mark Jones wrote:
> That's what's confusing me, because I deleted the .gconf folder and 
> expected it to be rebuilt in my home folder when I re-installed 
> Gnucash or just restarted the application but that doesn't happen. I 
> am certain this is where the problem lies because I can see the 
> content of this folder relates to my preferences, but it appears that 
> Windows Gnucash is just ignoring it.
>
> Any more help gratefully received.
> Thanks
> Mark
>
> On 12/04/2010 13:15, Mike C. wrote:
>> I had a similar problem that every time GC opened it was to an old 
>> prior file.  I deleted the .gconf file which fixed the problem.
>> Mike
>>
>> On 4/2/2010 3:44 PM, authentic8 at googlemail.com wrote:
>>> Gnucash 2.2.9 (r17949M) for Windows no longer remembers several 
>>> settings it used to:
>>>
>>> It will not reload the last accounts file used, nor retains any 
>>> recently used file list.
>>>
>>> It shows the Welcome dialogue with each start up even if on the 
>>> Welcome dialogue I press cancel, and then No on the following 
>>> "Display Welcome Dialogue Again" dialogue, the Welcome Dialogue 
>>> still displays next time Gnucash starts.
>>>
>>> The same happens with the Tips dialogue, I select "Do not show at 
>>> start up" but they still show every start up.
>>>
>>> Also, when the "Save file automatically" Dialogue shows, selecting 
>>> "yes, always" does not prevent the auto-save confirmation question 
>>> popping up again after Gnucash is restarted.
>>>
>>> I have tried a fresh uninstall/re-install while also deleting the 
>>> .gnucash folder but the same problem is occuring.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else experienced this? Is it a Gnucash bug? Any idea how 
>>> can I fix it?
>>>
>>> Many thanks.
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>
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