gnucash-user Digest, Vol 160, Issue 1

Chris Good chris.good at ozemail.com.au
Fri Jul 1 15:59:24 EDT 2016


> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2016 08:26:16 +0530
> From: Sachin Perinthalakkat <sachinpk at gmail.com>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: GnuCash 2.6.13 - No suitable back end was found error on
> 	Windows 10 OS
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> Hello All,
> 
> Till last week, I was using Gnu Cash 2.6.7 running on Windows 8.1. Then I
> upgraded to Windows 10. GnuCash 2.6.7 was still working fine, but
> occassionally it hung up the entire system. Yesterday, I found out that
> GnuCash was not opening up at all. The initial flash screen appears, and
then
> the program dies out.
> 
> I downloaded gnucash-2.6.13 and attempted to install it. I had manually
> removed the GnuCash related folders from the Program filex (x86)
directory.
> I then installed the Gnu Cash 2.6.13 which got installed smoothly.
> 
> Now when I try to open my Gnu Cash account information I am the below
> error first - "The file
> file://C:\Users\sony\Documents\HomeBudget\HomeBudget2013_2014.gnuc
> ash could not be found". This error is a bit strange, as I have not tried
opening
> this file any time in the recent past.
> 
> I click on "Close", and GnuCash opens up. I now try to open the file which
I
> am actually interested in. Then I get the below error - "No suitable
backend
> was found for
> file://C:\Users\sony\Documents\HomeBudget\HomeBudget_Apr16_Mar17
> _v1.0\HomeBudget_Apr16_Mar17_v1.1.gnucash".
> 
> Can any one help me please !
> Thanks in advance,
> Sachin.

Hi Sachin,

Perhaps you have mistakenly copied your preferences (GnuCash metadata) file
([Book].gcm] to [Book].gnucash ?
I tested renaming a .gcm to .gnucash and tried to open it and got the 
"No suitable backend was found for" error.

Please see
http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#GnuCash_Files_and_managing_a_GnuCash_instal
lation

Regards,
Chris Good

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