Inadvertent data file loss

[David T.]

Did you copy XXXX.gnucash, and did you try to open XXXX.gnucash?

> On Jul 13, 2016, at 8:55 PM, Hass, Michael <mh at drivedp.com> wrote:
> 
> I recently moved my entire GnuCash data folder to a new drive and
> opened what appears to be the wrong file. The most recent transactions
> in any file I open are almost a year old. I have what I believe to be
> all the .log files but I can't restore my day-old data file by
> copy-paste-rename instructions I've seen online. Have I permanently
> deleted everything?
> 
> My confusion, I think, is that I have a file that is XXXX.gnucash and
> one called XXX.gnucash.YYYY.gnucash and I can't tell which is more
> recent (I opened the one that seemed to have the latest timestamp in
> the file name).
> 
> I back up everything to the cloud each day so I think I can recover
> most of anything.
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