Moving or Copying Account to Laptop

[John Gowing]

   THE GNU Cash file is actually the single file with just the name you
   assigned and maybe a suffix like gnucash.
   THe other files with date-timestamps and .log and .gnucash suffixes are
   backup and transaction log files.
   GNUCash also doesn't really have a default location for your account
   files. it will happily work with them wherever you care to put them.
   So you should be able to copy just the one file to your laptop in a
   convenient location.
   If you give it a suffix of gnucash it will open if you double click it.
   Otherwise use File-Open and browse to the location.
   GC will then create new backup & log files in that same location as you
   use it.
   I recently discovered that GNUCash will "remember" all your open
   account and report tabs between launches (I always used to religiously
   close them all before quitting GC)
   So to prepare for your trip to the Accountant, open all the relevant
   accounts, Run your Income statement, Trial balance and other reports,
   Then simply quit GC.
   When you get to the Accountant, open GC and everything will be right
   there ready to discuss
   Good Luck
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   On 02/12/2013 22:46, RoseW wrote:

     I have the recent Gnucash on the Windows 7 desktop. I want to
     install the program on the laptop and move the one year of data to
     the Windows 8.1 laptop system
     When I installed on Win 7 the gnucash files went into the AppData
     folder as individual files-not in a subfolder such as is described
     in the FAQ ($Home/gnucash etc)
     I have saved the activity in folder on Drive E. There are gnucash
     and log files
     If I install Gnucash on Windows 8.1 do I just copy the Drive E
     folder of Gnucash records
     Is there a better way of having the AppData gnucash files be in
     their own folder?
     I want to take the laptop to the accountant for the year end audit
     I'll also print out reports.
     The account is a community service Horticultural club so its a
     simple Chart of Accounts and activities