Win OS reinstall looses Program files including logs - GCM file found

[Derek Atkins]

Hi Mary Ann,

On Mon, February 2, 2015 1:42 pm, Mary Ann Wallace wrote:
> Thank you for changing the target save folder.
>
> Is this "fix" available only in a beta or online version?  I'm assuming
> those of us using v.2.6.3 won't have this available to us. I am running
> Gnucash v.2.6.3 originally installed on Win 7 Pro 32-bit (X84) laptop
> and after the data I lost that was in C:\Program Files, I've been
> debating downloading a new version and starting my 2015 year with that
> while I run v.2.6.3 on another computer to update it with the 6 months
> of data lost.  I have hard copies of data, so I don't need consecutive
> years on the same program.  I can just start with a new balance sheet as
> of Jan 1 and zero income. But having data files automatically saved to
> Documents would be a huge relief and make backing up easier.

The only difference is the *default* location.
You always could set it to save wherever you wanted.
So you could download *any* version; just be mindful of the folder where
you tell it to save your data.

> Mary Ann

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-derek
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