Won't save and can't access file

[Colin Law]

On 3 August 2015 at 11:23, Gill Pyrah <gillpyrah at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to close and save my gnucash file but keep getting this error
> message in red with a large warning exclamation mark:
> "Could not make a backup of the file file://C:\Program Files
> (x86)\gnucash\bin\G Pyrah accounts from 18 5 14.gnucash"
> Then, if I try to continue I get a string ending in "bin", and am asked for
> a new file name. I have lost everything to the bin in the past. How do I
> get past this circle of messages, back up and close, can anyone help? I've
> looked right through the documentation but can't find a relevant section.
> Then. I also want to send a copy of the whole file to my accountant and
> once again it seems that instead the whole file is likely to go to the bin.

You have somehow saved your accounts file in your programs folder
instead of your documents folder.  Open Gnucash and, assuming it opens
your accounts file ok, then click File > Save As navigate to your My
Documents folder and save it in there, preferably in a subfolder
called accounts, or whatever takes your fancy (which you will have to
create, I don't use Windows but I think there will be a Create Folder
button in the save dialog, navigate to My Documents first though).

Colin