Deleting a Data File

[Colin Law]

On 7 October 2014 16:28, R. J. <orders2081 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> When I do as Fred suggested (i.e. un-hide hidden and system files) the
> data file and log files do not appear. If I do a "save as" the data file
>  path is:\Programs Files (x86)\gnucash\bin and the data file and log
> files appear to be inserted between two other files. I can see these two
>  files in Windows Explorer (along with all of the other files that I see
>  in the "save as" window -except the data file, of course), but there
> are no files between these two. I am using Windows 8.1.

Is it actually saving the file?  If you make some changes, do save as
and save it where you suggest, then close and re-open gnucash, does it
pick up the changed file?  It is possible that you are not able to
save to that location as it is a system area.  In fact you should not
be saving there, you should be saving to somewhere in My Documents, or
whatever it is called in Windows now.

Colin

>
> Ron
>
>> From: Fred.Bone at dial.pipex.com
>> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 11:05:16 +0100
>> Subject: Re: Deleting a Data File
>>
>> On 4 October 2014 at 8:18, David Carlson said:
>>
>> > On 10/3/2014 4:37 PM, Geert Janssens wrote:
>> > > Hi Ron,
>> > >
>> > > You can also use the Find feature of your windows file manager to search
>> > > for a file named sterling_personal_banking.gnucash.
>> > >
>> > > That should reveal where you saved it.
>> > >
>> > > Regards,
>> > >
>> > > Geert
>> > >
>> > > On Monday 29 September 2014 15:04:11 R. J. wrote:
>> > >> I am sorry to have to ask an elementary question, but I am having
>> > >> difficulty finding my data file so I can delete it. I have gone to the
>> > >> FAQ section and noted the procedure there. The file that is identified
>> > >> when I do a "save as" is sterling_personal_banking.gnucash and the path
>> > >> is: program files\gnucash\bin. However, when I look in this location I
>> > >> do not see the file. When I set up the file I saved it as an xml data
>> > >> file.
>> [...]
>>
>> > Since Windows, in it's infinite wisdom, hides everything in the program
>> > files directories by default, you first need to set it to show system
>> > files in order to cajole the 'explorer' into including those areas of the
>> > directories in it's search.  Details of how to do that vary somewhat
>> > depending on which version you have.
>>
>> On the other hand, storing data files in the program files directory is
>> asking for trouble in the first place. Windows acts on the assumption
>> that you won't do that, and that can include backing out changes you've
>> made (e.g. deleting the files that shouldn't be there) - naturally this
>> will vary among versions of Windows, and maybe across automatic updates
>> (and probably with the prevailing wind if Microsoft can figure out how to
>> measure it from inside your computer).
>>
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