Now I have to ask for help

[Paul Schwartz]

Create an icon on your desktop that runs "gnucash --nofile"

Then you can choose to open whatever file you want.

HTH

Paul


On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 2:46 PM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Mike--
>
> I believe that the Last File Opened issue is handled by others by creating
> desktop shortcuts for GnuCash that explicitly name the data file to open.
> This has been discussed in the lists, and the techniques vary by operating
> system.
>
> The list of files opened is maintained by the operating system; clearing
> it out can be done, has been discussed on the lists, and also varies by OS.
>
> I personally don't encounter these issues, so I am only mentioning what I
> see others talking about on the list.
>
> David
>
> On Feb 3, 2013, at 1:38 PM, Mike or Penny Novack <
> stepbystepfarm at mtdata.com> wrote:
>
> > I had been ignoring paying attention to people talking about gnucash
> automaticly opening the last books used.
> >
> > OK, our desktop is slowly dying so I have been preparing to migrate to
> another machine. Good time to update all the application the software, yes.
> >
> > Well I just got a nasty surprise. Gnucash wants to (always) open the
> last set of books that were open, automatic, no choice in the matter.
> That's fine for most gnucash users keeping one set of books for themselves
> or one business entity. But I'm acting as treasurer for a number of
> organizations in addition to my own books. So for me this is very
> unfortunate behavior as I am rather unlikely to be next time opening the
> books I last had open.
> >
> > 1) Is there a way to turn off this behavior and let me instead select
> from my list of folders? (added to the menu). If I have last been working
> on a large set of books with many reports, etc. I don't want to have to
> wait for that to load just to close it and open the books that I want. The
> old version of gnucash I had been using didn't do "automaticly open the
> last that was open".
> >
> > 2) Is there a way to delete entries from the "recently opened" list?
> Since I was installing on another machine did some testing. I don't want
> all those copies of old data books listed forever just because I used them
> to test whether the newer version of gnucash could open them.
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> > --
> > There is no possibility of social justice on a dead planet except the
> equality of the grave.
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