File storage question...should be easy fix

[Steven Graham]

Sorry for the delay in response...I was away from my computer for a little
while.  When I add the line

HOME={APPDATA}/GnuCash

in the environment file, I get a error message saying access to that file is
denied after trying to save.  Windows no like...

-Steve

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:54 AM, Geert Janssens <janssens-geert at telenet.be>wrote:

> 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
>