File storage question...should be easy fix

[Geert Janssens]

On Tuesday 01 February 2011, Steven Graham wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>    I'm working off a new laptop and Windows 7.  I'm unfamiliar with Windows
> 7, GNUCash, and Gnome for that matter.  I installed GNUCash, and let it do
> its thing.  It installed under program files and everything loads and works
> fine.  I'm getting into a bit of a mess however, in terms of where my data
> is being stored.  Under my User Account "Steve", several folders are
> automatically generated everytime I use GNUCash and it clutters up my
> "Steve" folder.  I specifically created a new folder "GNUCash" within
> "Steve" to which I saved my .gnucash financial data file to.  I move/delete
> the folders from my "Steve" folder to "GNUCash", but they continue to
> reappear everytime I use the program.  Most of them have no data contained
> within them, and seem to be just taking up space.  The folders are named as
> follows:
> .gconf
> .gconfd
> .gnome2
> .gnome2_private
> .gnucash
> 
> Is there a way to redirect where these folders live?  Its a bit of an
> eye-sore under my main account folder.
> Thanks for any help you can provide!!

Steven,

We are aware of this problem and there is a relatively simple workaround until 
this is properly fixed in the code:
* locate the file C:\Program Files\GnuCash\etc\gnucash\environment (you may
have to adjust the path if you didn't install GnuCash in its default location)
* inside this file, add a line:
HOME={APPDATA}/GnuCash
* if you wish to keep the info that was stored in the dot directories 
(.gnucash, .gconf,...) for your future GnuCash runs, move these directories 
from your "Steve" folder into "c:\Documents and 
Settings\Steve\AppData\Roaming\GNUCash"
I'm not completely sure about the destination directory. I don't have Windows 
7, so I can't test, but it should be something similar to that.

Does that help ?

Geert