Installation on XP.

[John Layman]

I run GNUcash on Windows, and, yes, you can relocate those files from the
user folder to Application Data.  The key is to add a HOME= setting to the
file:

C:/Program Files/gnucash/etc/gnucash/environment

Below is the configuration setting from my XP system:

HOME=C:/Documents and Settings/John/Application Data/Gnucash

Initially, you'll have to manually create that directory and move the files
over to it.  Thereafter, just remember that your changed environment file
will be overwritten by a software update.  Each time you update to a new
version of GNUcash, you'll need to add the HOME= setting to the environment
file prior to launching the application.


On a completely different note:

Hey, man!  It is phenomenal to find an accountant with your attitude about
software.  For every accountant who uses Iomega software because his clients
do, I'm betting there are thousands of clients who use it only because their
accountant insists on it.



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From: gnucash-user-bounces+john.layman=laymanandlayman.com at gnucash.org
[mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+john.layman=laymanandlayman.com at gnucash.org] On
Behalf Of Robert Eldon Taylor
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 10:52 AM
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Installation on XP.

Regards to All,

I am a public accountant which means, unfortunately, I must use quickbooks
and quicken, because my clients do.  But many clients don't need to be
spending money on accounting systems which are changed for absolutely no
reason other than to generate revenue for the vendor, so for some time I
have looked for a simple, basic and free accounting
system to recommend to such people.   Googling around I found GnuCash
which, though free, is neither simple nor basic.  I installed it on an old
machine to play with and have been very impressed.

One of the most impressive features is the excellent tutorial and concepts
guide which I am recommending to clients who are innocent of any accounting
concepts.

Also impressive is this user group.

I did run into one problem which I would like to resolve before installing
on my own machine or recommending to someone else.  I am using windows XP.
When gnucash installed in made a very mess of the user-name folder (i.e.
C:\Documents and Settings\RTaylor), putting all sorts of files and
subdirectories, (e.g. .gconf, .gnome2, etc.) directly into the user-name
folder instead of setting up a gnucash folder in the Application Data folder
(e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\RTaylor\Application Data\Mozilla).
After playing with the product a bit, and being rather impressed, I
uninstalled and deleted all the files and folders which gnucash had
installed and reinstalled from scratch making sure that there was no option
to tell it where to install.  But maybe there is some option I missed.

To clarify the problem, in Windows the user-name folder is like the root
directory on the old single user dos systems.  First rule - put nothing in
the root directory.  Many users, probably most, are unaware of the problem,
but I have hundreds of programs installed on my system.  If they all behaved
like this there would be thousands of entries in the user-name folder
instead of only twenty-six.

I am hoping there is a simple way around this problem.

Best Wishes,

Bob Taylor, EA.
R. E. Taylor, Taxes and Accounting

General Accounting, US and State Taxes, for small business and individuals.



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