Initial Installation and Setup

[Paula Hendricks]

as a follow up example:

i have been using gnucash now since january 1, 2012.

i recently sold my 24 year old car, so i went back to quickbooks to get some old figures and voila... it was all good. but i'm doing that less and less now.

hope this helps.
	
	ph

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On Mar 6, 2015, at 5:28 PM, Paula Hendricks wrote:

> i started fresh with gnu cash... and kept my old files and i still have an older version of quickbooks/ quicken that i use when i need to go back to the archives.
> 
> by starting fresh, i mean i imported nothing. it allowed me to set up my accounts in a better way for now without having to accommodate historical items that might have demanded a different way of working.
> 
> rather than deal with all the translation issues.... this is also a possibility.
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> 	ph
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> On Mar 6, 2015, at 9:13 AM, David Carlson wrote:
> 
>> On 3/5/2015 9:42 PM, William Ingersolll wrote:
>>> I downloaded and installed GNUCASH. While attempting to import a
>>> Quicken .qif file the program did not respond as I expected. I felt I
>>> had committed an error. It appeared to me that the simplest thing to
>>> do would be to uninstall the program, reinstall it and start over. In
>>> my experience, when a well-written program uninstalls it takes all
>>> vestiges of itself with it unless there are some files which may be
>>> desired upon reinstall. In that case it will ask if these files should
>>> be left. This program did not do that, but left a GNUCASH folder on
>>> the "C" Drive in the program files that prevented re-installation.
>>> After I took care of that and re-installed the program  it obviously
>>> maintain the memory of a file that I had previously named in the prior
>>> aborted installation, and subsequently erased. Each time I started the
>>> second installation it kept claiming it could not find that file.
>>> 
>>> During my second attempt to install the Quicken files it asked to
>>> correct or accept groups of data. As I didn't wish to spend a lot of
>>> time dealing with many things that are probably obsolete and that I
>>> will delete,I pressed . Forward for each list expecting they will be
>>> saved. Then there appeared a list of financial securities that the
>>> program suggested may not be correctly listed with the proper
>>> abbreviation. There are well over 100 items dating from my early
>>> transactions in the 60s. There are many that no longer exist or for
>>> which I have no need. Not wishing to go through these one by one at
>>> this time, I pressed cancel and everything disappeared. The time I had
>>> already spent was wasted. I do not want to start over again only to
>>> have this program crash again. If there is some simple, reasonable way
>>> to do what I'm trying to accomplish I would appreciate any
>>> information. It should not be this difficult.
>>> 
>>> I am using Windows 7.
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>> 
>> If you read the manual and the FAQs you should have noticed that GnuCash
>> is not exactly a plug-and-play substitute for Quicken.  While most of us
>> think that GnuCash is a superior product, migration from Quicken is not
>> a ten minute project.
>> 
>> I cannot tell from your note whether you are clear about the difference
>> between installation and program issues versus creation of your data
>> file.  If you are trying to import large chunks of data including a
>> chart of accounts, you should plan on running several tests to determine
>> the best method for your particular data, as there will probably be
>> major adjustments to fix differences between the way Quicken keeps data
>> and the way GnuCash keeps data.  Many users consider that migration to
>> be a project that may take as long as several weeks or even months to
>> complete to their satisfaction. 
>> 
>> After that caveat, I would recommend first running a test data file in
>> parallel with your Quicken file to help in planning how to make the
>> transition.  The current release if GnuCash (2.6.5) usually installs
>> without incident and should not need to be uninstalled and re-installed
>> in Windows 7.
>> 
>> Be sure to put your test data files and final data files somewhere in
>> your user space, such as in a unique folder under My Documents.
>> 
>> David C
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	ph

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paula hendricks ~:~ san francisco ~:~ 415.567.2647
author ~:~ writer ~:~ photographer ~:~  book designer
paulahendricks.com ~:~ cinnabarbridge.com