help finding my file

[David Carlson]

Hi Lorrie,

Welcome to GnuCash.

For this discussion I am assuming that you have installed GnuCash onto a
Windows computer.  You only need to do that once.

First, create a folder under My Documents called LorrieGnuCashData or
something like that.

If you have your file explorer set to show file extensions then your
Gnucash data files will have .gnucash extension or .gnucash with a 14 digit
number and either a .log or .gnucash extension.  yes, there are a lot of
them but they are all backups except for the newest one with the short
extension name, which is your actual data file.  There is a setting for how
long to keep the backups.  You will want to make a separate backup now and
then for the day that your hard drive fails.

Then undelete all those files that GnuCash cluttered up your desktop with
and move them to to that new folder.

Finally, pick the newest file that has a simple .gnucash file extension and
double click on it.

Thereafter you can either double click that filename or the GnuCash Icon.

David C

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 7:45 PM, Lorrie E Clemens <lorrieecc at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
> I am new to GnuCash.
> I was able to download all of my information and balance my accounts
> earlier this month and I did make a copy.
> While I was doing all of the input I ended up having a lot of GnuCash
> folders on my desk top.  I put them into the trash but have not deleted
> them.
> I wanted to put in more payments today, but I am not sure how to access my
> data.  If I click on Gnucash-Intel it cannot pull up my account.
> So I do I get back into my account and how do I prevent scores of GnuCash
> folders from downloading on my desktop?  Also, how do I install the GnuCash
> app so that it stays on my computer?  Or do I have to go on line to
> reinstall every time?
> Sincerely,
> Lorrie Clemens
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