very weird quirk noted, copying one computer to another

[Geert Janssens]

On Monday 13 October 2014 23:16:06 Simon Bryant wrote:
> I can then open the "stbPCGnucas test.gnucash" file by the File>Open
> sequence, and voila! My checking account has just two entries of the
> hundred or so it's supposed to, with the filter set to "show all".
> Hmmm a new thing just happened as I went through this sequence once
> again. The Tools>General Ledger sequence resulted in an incomplete
> set of ledger entries, which I could correct to the complete year to
> date by using the "filter by" function. It was set to a set specific
> date range which I never entered, and was very, very very slow to
> accept the selection of "select all".

I didn't want to mention this in previous replies, but I was already 
surprised you saw all your entries in the general ledger. It defaults to 
showing only the last month.

> So, looks like there must be some stored gnucash "filter settings" on
> my laptop, that I need to eliminate.

That's what I think as well.

> WHERE ARE THEY? And how can i eliminate them?

The answer depends on the version of GnuCash you are using. I looked 
back through your previous mails but it appears you haven't said so yet. 
So... What version of gnucash are you running ?

(Is it the same version on your desktop and laptop btw ?)

Geert