-.gnucash files

[Derek Atkins]

For the record, this is in the FAQ:

http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_is_my_file_name_getting_longer_and_longer.3F

-derek

"Maf. King" <maf at chilwell.net> writes:

> On Mon 17 September 12 09:56:56 AlainCageda wrote:
>>
>>
>>I have probably been mistaking "proper" file with backup files all along.
>>How do I know one from the others? The file I'm looking for is probably
>>lost somewhere and I don't know where to look.
>>
>
> Well, from the info you have supplied earlier in the thread, your original 
> file was PERSO (possibly with a .gnucash extension) without any timestamps.  
> However, since you have made changes to backups, I wouldn't worry too much 
> about the original file, now, it will be hoplessly out of date.  Make a new 
> "main" file, by doing a "save as" from the most recently edited datafile! 
>
>
>>
>>I don't know why some files now go to "Documents" wheras they all
>>(apparently) used to stay in "Users>My name". The only thing I did which
>>apparently made a difference was Copying one file from "Users>My name" to
>>Documents.  
>
> Yep, that would do it.  Copy file from place A to place B.  then you opened 
> the file in place B.  GC remembers the last data file opened, so if you start 
> the program directly (start menu, command prompt etc.)  you can easily end up 
> editing wrong or backup files.
>
> Assuming that Windows knows it should open *.gnucash files with GC (KDE does), 
> I find that always starting GC by (double-)clicking on the data file I want to 
> work with is the best way to start GC.  (but then, I have 5 separate files 
> that I regularly use, so the last-opened one is usually wrong anyway!) 
>
> HTH,
> Maf.
>
>
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