File storage question...should be easy fix

[Geert Janssens]

On donderdag 10 februari 2011, Steven Graham wrote:
> 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
> 
To be sure I understand your message correctly: Windows doesn't allow you to 
save the "environment" file after you have added the line
HOME={APPDATA}/GnuCash
Is that it ?

Is that file marked as read-only by Windows ? Have a look at the file's 
properties (right-clik on the file -> Properties)

Geert

> 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