"No suitable backend was found for file:.....

[Brett]

My data files are stored in "My Documents". However, "My Documents" is
redirected to the server. Additionally, the new operating system is on a new
drive. The old drive is still extant. I just went searching for where I
thought the files might be and found what I reported earlier. I will try to
reboot the old OS and see what I get.

As an aside, I have read the starter manual, but obviously not the relevant
part. Is there a best practice for storing data? Additionally, I suppose
that my data is in a previous version format and the program doesn't know
how to tell me that.

Ideas?

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:54 AM, Geert Janssens
<janssens-geert at telenet.be>wrote:

> On donderdag 21 april 2011, Brett Sutherland wrote:
> > I had tried out Gnucash and for some reason got distracted. I did spend a
> > good amount of time setting up tax codes and really don't want to start
> all
> > over.
> >
> > So, my machine crash. Rebuilt with Win 7. I installed Gnucash. I went to
> > open the previous file(s) and only get the error "No suitable backend was
> > found for file". The files are in "Book" and either have no extension, or
> a
> > .xac. I get the same error no matter what I try to load.
> >
> I sure hope you don't mean you have stored your file in
> c:\Users\<your username>\.gnucash\books
> If that is the case, your data is lost:
>
> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_can.27t_GnuCash_find_my_data_file_anymore.3F__It_just_says:_parser_error_:_Start_tag_expected.2C_.27.3C.27_not_found
>
> Otherwise, can you provide the full pathname for your data file ?
> And what version of GnuCash are you using ?
>
> Geert
>



-- 
Brett