GNU Cash installation issue

David T. sunfish62 at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 25 13:37:36 EST 2011


That sounds like a permissions problem; at some point in the past there was a discussion about Windows permissions in which the posters noted the same problem. Not being a Windows user, I paid cursory attention, so I can't help you more. Perhaps someone else can.

David

--- On Thu, 2/24/11, Leslie Radke <rlradke5 at att.net> wrote:

> From: Leslie Radke <rlradke5 at att.net>
> Subject: GNU Cash installation issue
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Date: Thursday, February 24, 2011, 6:05 PM
> Dear GNU Cash Mailing list,
> 
> I have been a long time Quicken user but recently thought I
> would give GNU Cash a try. I first installed it (GNU Cash
> 2.4.0) on my laptop with no problems, just to try it out. I
> was quite happy with it and installed it on our home
> desktop, the computer we use for our personal accounting.
> The installation went ok. I copied my data file to the
> desktop, and navigated to it from within the program. But
> after closing the program, it will never remember the
> location of the data file when I open it again. I
> uninstalled, and reinstalled the program twice to try to
> solve the problem, but no change.
> 
> Both computers (laptop and desktop) are running Windows 7.
> The only difference is that the desktop is running the
> 64-bit version of Windows 7. 
> 
> As a work around, I just saved a shortcut to my data file.
> Opening it opens GNU Cash with my data file open. However,
> every time it opens it brings up the same first Tip of the
> Day. And I can't change any of the settings from Preferences
> such as defaulting to Double Line view. 
> 
> Likewise if I open the program from the usual GNU Cash
> shortcut, it always opens the  "Welcome to GNU Cash"
> window. When I "cancel" I get a new window that says
> "Display Welcome Dialog Again?" I click "no" but it always
> comes back. It seems like none of the file locations and
> settings are remembered. On the other hand, if I close the
> program with an account open, it will open to the same
> account again the next time.
> 
> So what went wrong with the install process? Thanks for any
> help you can give.
> 
> Ron Radke
> 
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