New PC
Edwin Humphreys
edwinh at eircom.net
Wed Jun 7 09:35:23 EDT 2017
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
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> <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
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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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