New PC

[Edwin Humphreys]

Hi Maf (bit of confusion - you are now answering my earlier query - same issue).

 

Let me tell you exactly what I have done:

*	On the old PC (Windows 10, but GnuCash 2.4.10 was installed under Windows 8) I copied everything in Program Files (x86) onto a USB stick.
*	On the new PC (Windows 10), I downloaded GnuCash 2.6.16.
*	I then copied all files from the USB stick to the same location on the new PC, replacing any of the same name.
*	I then opened GnuCash.

 

I don’t know how to access my data (assuming it has been transferred – I could well have done something untoward). The accounts do not appear as before and in ‘Open File’ I have the whole machine to choose from, which is not much help. Any ideas?

Thanks - Edwin

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Maf. King [mailto:maf at chilwell.net] 
Sent: Wednesday 7 June 2017 13:53
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Cc: Edwin Humphreys <edwinh at eircom.net>
Subject: Re: New PC

 

Hi,

 

You can find the file from within GC on the old PC (you haven't mentioned an OS)

- if there's no file extension are you on a linux distro?

 

File -> Save As will give you a pointer to the correct path to find your data file.

 

In fact, while you are in File -> Save As... you might as well just save to a USB stick and save some clicking... 

 

Or if you have already copied your ~ to the new PC, just navigate to the same path on the new PC and see what is there.

 

HTH,

Maf.

 

 

On Wednesday, 7 June 2017 13:39:30 BST Edwin Humphreys wrote:

> Thanks for pointing me at that info. But I’m still confused. On the 

> old PC, the release is 2.4.10 and I don’t see any file with an extension .gnucash.

> Maybe the file extensions are different in release 2.6.16.

> 

> Any other thoughts?

> 

> 

> 

> From: Christopher Lam [ <mailto:christopher.lck at gmail.com> mailto:christopher.lck at gmail.com]

> Sent: Wednesday 7 June 2017 13:02

> To: Edwin Humphreys < <mailto:edwinh at eircom.net> edwinh at eircom.net>

> Cc:  <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org> gnucash-user at gnucash.org

> Subject: Re: New PC

> 

> 

> 

>  <https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-guide/basics-migrate-setti> https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-guide/basics-migrate-setti

> ngs.ht

> ml#App-sett-loc

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> 

> 

> On 7 June 2017 at 19:34, Edwin Humphreys <edwinh at eircom.net 

> < <mailto:edwinh at eircom.net> mailto:edwinh at eircom.net> > wrote:

> 

> I have GnuCash on an old PC, which I am now replacing. I can download 

> GnuCash onto the new PC, but how do I transfer my old finance details? 

> I have found nothing about this in your documentation or FAQs.

> 

> 

> 

> Thank you,

> 

> Dwin Tudor

> 

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