Problem locating Data File in Windows 7

[Don Quixote de la Mancha]

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:24 AM, twodogron <price4us at gmail.com> wrote:
> Since installing Windows 7....... GnuCash cannot locate the Data File.......
> Everytime I start GnuCash 2.2.9.  I have to locate the Data File on my
> drives and then "point" GnuCash towards it.

You could write a simple .bat file that launches GnuCash with the path
to your data file named on its command line.

I have three GnuCash files, one personal and the others for two
different businesses.  So rather than open each file manually, I have
three different Linux shell scripts.

Your .bat file would have something like this in it:

"C:\Program Files\GnuCash\gnucash" c:\PATH\TO\DATA\FILE

Run the .bat from a command prompt window the first time you use it,
so you can see any error messages that might result.  After that you
could just double-click the .bat's icon, or add it to your start menu.

If like me you have more than one GnuCash data file, you would have a
separate .bat for each file.

Don Quixote
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