very weird quirk noted, copying one computer to another

[Simon Bryant]

Tried that great suggestion, below. It did not change anything. I'm stumped.
-Simon-

On 2014-10-14, at 2:51 PM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:

> On Tuesday 14 October 2014 12:42:20 Simon Bryant wrote:
>> Thanks very much John, and Geert.
>> 
>> a) On my "main" computer I'm using Gnucash 2.6.3
>> b) On my laptop to which I've been trying to download my gnucash data,
>> I'm using Gnucash 2.6.4 c) I located the thumb drive as John
>> explained (thanks, and for your patience!) and opened the gnucash
>> datafile directly from the thumb drive (ALL other copies of the
>> datafile previously deleted from my laptop, and trash emptied). Same
>> behaviour as before, the checking account shows only two entires
>> despite the filter being set to "view all". The actual ledger entires
>> are there however in general journal.
>> 
>> I'll look at this again later. Any further thoughts or suggestions are
>> much appreciated.
>> 
> Ok, when you look at this again, here's your next step to try:
> Still assuming some filter being set, these filters are saved in a 
> separate file, related to your data file.
> A simple way to test if such a saved filter is at play would be to take 
> these steps:
> 
> 1. Close gnucash on your laptop
> 2. Rename your gnucash file via the Apple Finder. For example, call it 
> "stbPCGnucas test 2.gnucash" instead of "stbPCGnucas test.gnucash"
> 3. Start gnucash
> 4. Open the renamed file.
> 
> Does it still hide the same transactions in your checkings register ?
> 
> Geert