Previously Opened Files

[Liz]

On Tue, 06 Aug 2013 06:08:14 +0100
Alan Jordan <adjordan at talktalk.net> wrote:

> I have been using Gnucash for quite a while now, and generally find
> it meets all my Accounting needs extremely well.
> 
> *HOWEVER*, I always seem to end up with one irritating, although not 
> serious, problem; that is the List of Previously Opened Files under
> the File Menu, which you use to select which of your Gnucash Accounts
> you want to open. For a variety of reasons, I always seem to end up
> having one Account in the list, that while it used to be valid, no
> longer is. Unfortunately Gnucash seems to have no built in facilities
> to manage this List. I'm sure that the relevant information is stored
> in some File hidden somewhere in Linux, and that with a little
> guidance I could edit it to get rid of the offending Entry, but I
> don't know where to go, and if there is anything I need to be aware
> of when editing the File; can anyone help me?
> 
> Alan Jordan
> _______________________________________________


It's well described in the FAQ
http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_I_have_deleted_a_gnucash_file_from_my_computer._How_can_I_remove_that_file_from_the_File_menu.27s_short_list_as_well_.3F