Importing data from GnuCash files

[Colin Law]

On 6 April 2016 at 18:20, Steve Collins <scollins970 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have not changed any of the names of the files in the backup, so if I just
> copy all of those folders over into the newly installed GnuCash folders that
> were set up when I re-installed the program, will that link everything?  I
> am definitely not an accountant, so I was not using the program to its
> fullest extent in the first place, but I did have invoices set up, a few
> customized reports, etc.  Obviously the most important thing for me is the
> data, but it would really help if I did not have to go back through and set
> up the entire program again........

You are assuming there that you have backed up the folder with the
right files in it.  What are the names of the files in the backup and
where in the folder heirarchy was it located in the original machine?

Colin

>
> Thank you for your help!
>
>
> Steve Collins
> scollins970 at gmail.com
>
> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 1:30 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 6 April 2016 at 07:45, Steve Collins <scollins970 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello!
>> >
>> > I had a hard drive crash on my computer, but I had all my data backed
>> > up.
>> > However, with the new hard drive I had to re-install GnuCash, and, of
>> > course, none of the data is linked to it now.
>> >
>> > Is there an easy way to simply link the old data file from the backup to
>> > the new installation of the program?  I have the complete GnuCash folder
>> > intact in the backup, so I could move it to where the new program is now
>> > saved, but I don't know where to point the program to pull the
>> > information
>> > from those old files........
>> >
>> > I am just using the local Windows 10 version of GnuCash--no special
>> > databases or anything like that, and I am definitely NOT an advanced
>> > user,
>> > so simple instructions would be greatly appreciated.......
>>
>> To get your accounts file back simply copy the accounts file (probably
>> called accounts.gnucash or something similar, it depends what you
>> called it when you saved it) from your backup to a convenient
>> location, probably a new folder under My Documents (or whatever that
>> is now called in win 10).  Then in gnucash use File > Open to open the
>> file.
>>
>> Colin
>
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