file won't open

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Thu, 1 Oct 2015 16:48:09 
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Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote...

>Hi,
>
>On Thu, October 1, 2015 10:46 am, Philip Alexander wrote:
>> I had to reset my PC yesterday and now after reinstalling Gnu Cash I can't
>> seem to open my Gnu file.
>
>I'm sorry to hear about your system issues.  It's always time consuming to
>recover.
>
>> I found the file with a .gcm extension and when I click it I get this
>> error message:
>
>Unfortunately this is not your data file (which is why you're getting this
>message).  The .gcm file is the GnuCash Metadata file, which contains
>things like open windows and reports, etc.
>
>> If this isn't my file, where else might the file be saved? Or if it is my
>> file what am I doing wrong.
>
>Your data file is saved wherever you told GnuCash to save it (the same way
>you need to tell Word where to save your .doc files).  It would be called
><something>.gnucash, so look for that.

Looking at the file path and name and of the .gcm file I suspect there 
may be a greater problem here, namely the .gnucash file may not be in an 
expected place because the .gcm name is *very* strange and should be an 
alert of itself.

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Wm...