deleting files

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

I think you meant to send this to gnucash-user, not to me.
On many systems you can use gconf-editor to manipulate the data
yourself.  If you don't have gconf-editor (e.g. on Windows) then yes,
you can modify the files by hand, but be careful to make sure gnucash
and gconfd are not running when you do so.  Otherwise you will lose your
changes.  Also be careful because you may lose your settings!

-derek

Krzysztof Harwas <krishh61 at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> If that is on Windows you can try (with the default install location) to
> search for directory [drive letter]:\USERS->\your user name\ and later search
> for directory ".gconf" and then  -> apps -> gnucash -> history and edit
> "%gconf.xml" file. Delete parts you do not want to see in your GnuCash FILE
> menu when you open GnuCash. That is what i did and now do not have any
> previously opened files in the FILE menu of GnuCash.
>
> I know it doesn't matter hwo many files you have inthat menu, but i just hated
> to have the list to grow longer and longer while I was testing GnuCash. So i
> figured out this way around the problem of having the list in the menu.
>
> I think the authors should put such an option in the GnuCash itself. Well,
> maybe there is such an options but I just could not find it? Not sure.
>
> Kris
>
> 2012/8/6 Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com>
>
>     Hi,
>     Just use File -> New to start over.
>     It won't get removed from the Recent History, but that's fine
>     Yes, you can just delete the old files.  It may be easier to start the new
>     one first, otherwise GnuCash will complain about not being able to open
>     it.
>     Good luck.
>    
>     -derek
>    
>     Sent from my HTC smartphone
>    
>     ----- Reply message -----
>     From: "M. SPENCER" <directoptionsmichael at live.com>
>     To: <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>     Subject: deleting files
>     Date: Mon, Aug 6, 2012 1:02 AM
>
>          I am a new user and my question is regarding deleting files that were
>     made in error; is it possible to delete these files and start out fresh?
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