Requesting Help

[Srini Vasan]

Michael, Colin:

Thank you both for your time and help.

I have now been able to bring up the system and view my data.

Some light quirks remain (maybe of just academic interest).

>  For some reason, I am not able to view my 'appdata' folder in the
central pane - when I click file>open
This was a hidden folder, but not any more.  I am having to go to the
Libraries in Windows (formerly Win Explorer) and dbl-click on one of the
data files

I also have a question:  I have a personal file and a business file.  Is it
kosher to have 2 instances of GNUCash running at the same time, opening the
2 different files?

Thanks again for the help.

Srini


On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 17 August 2013 13:54, Srini Vasan <srini2011.vasan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Michael:
> >
> > 'Appreciate your response.  Please see my notes imbedded below in
> brackets
> >
> > My laptop died and I have a new machine.  I have been able to restore all
> >> my files.
> >>
> >> I need help with the following:
> >>
> >> 1.  How do I run the GNUcash software?  Previously it was pinned to the
> >> taskbar, but now I am not able to find an 'executable'.
> >>
> >>
> > Did you mean to be asking "Using Windows 7, how do I set up a shortcut to
> > ANY program that I might have installed or how to get this new program
> > pinned to the taskbar?"
> >
> >  [No.  My question is how do I run the GNUCash software (from all the GNU
> > files I have restored from my dead laptop)?
> > A.  Can someone point me to an "executable" that I would double-click
> on? Or
> > B.  Do I need to download the application from the GNU site?
> > If yes, is there a way I can figure out what version I was previously
> on?]
>
> You will need to install GC on the new computer.  It will probably not
> matter which version you were previously using unless it was extremely
> old.  Download and install the latest stable version from
> http://www.gnucash.org/download.phtml and that will probably be fine.
>
> Colin
>