GnuCash Delete file how to

[David Carlson]

On Friday, 7/5/2013 9:30 PM, John Ralls wrote:
> On Jul 5, 2013, at 4:57 PM, logamuthu <logamuthu.krishnan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Respected Sir, Geert Janssen,
>> I have reached c:\Users\<user>\.gconf\apps\gnucash\history\%gconf.xml
>> (Windows 7). This file is in xml.
>> I have also got MS Office XML handler to edit.
>> I want to remove two files from the Menu Display of my copy of GnuCash - 1.
>> GnuCashLMK.gnucash and 2. GnuCashLMK25062013.gnucash *AND RETAIN / LEAVE
>> BEHIND the file Senthil Medicals.gnucash only.*
>> I am *scared* of collapsing GnuCash by editing the %gconf XML document.
>> How to do it safely to remove only the two files - 1. GnuCashLMK.gnucash
>> and 2. GnuCashLMK25062013.gnucash AND RETAIN / LEAVE BEHIND only one file
>> ie.,  Senthil Medicals.gnucash only?
>> Please help me!
>> Googolplex TIA!
> Don't sweat it. You can delete all three and then re-open the right one with File>Open and it
> will be automatically restored to the most-recently-used list.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
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The original poster's issue is that like most GnuCash users, he is not a
computer expert.  As Geert has documented 
(https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=388500), there are several
ways to give non-programmers a 'safe' way to remove undesired entries
from the MRU list.

Even if imperfect, some method is needed to reduce the number of times
that this issue comes up.  I personally agree that items should not
automatically disappear, since they may be pointing to a resource that
is only temporarily unavailable.

For reference, in Keepass 2.22 the File > Synchronize > Recent Files
list has a final entry > Clear List.  This leaves room for some sort of
'Are you sure?' prompt.  Not elegant, but functional.

David C