help finding my file

[Derek Atkins]

On a Mac you cannot open a file via double click. When gnucash opens on a 
Mac it will always open the last file it had open, regardless of what you 
click on.  On a Mac you must use File - > Open to open a specific file.

-derek
Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.



On October 20, 2017 4:59:56 PM Lorrie E Clemens <lorrieecc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi David,
> I have done as you suggested, but no matter what version that I open that 
> says gnucash that has 14 digits.log I get “file/URI/Users/Lorrie ... 
> gnucash could not be found.”
> When I double click on a file 2.38.21PM.gnucash I get the same message.
> When I open the file that ends with a four digit number.LNK it asks for me 
> to choose an application. I choose Gnucash-2.6.18-Intel and my screen 
> choices are in gray so I can not choose them. (And the list is: 
> authors.text, copying.text, documenters.txt, Financequote Update, Gnucash, 
> License.txt, NEWS.txt, and README.txt.)
> I redownloaded Gnucash-2.6.18-Intel and still no luck.
> Lorrie
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Oct 20, 2017, at 5:35 AM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Lorrie,
>>
>> With regard to the files on the desktop, David Carlson's advice is sound.
>>
>> As for keeping the app on your computer, I suspect that you were opening 
>> gnucash from the downloaded disk image; you must drag gnucash.app from that 
>> image into the Applications folder to complete the installation.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 16:32, David Carlson
>> <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Lorrie, you should have replied to All because I do not have a Mac, and I
>> cannot help you.  Others here can.
>>
>> David C
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 12:32 AM, Lorrie E Clemens <lorrieecc at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi David,
>> > No, I have a Mac.
>> > Lorrie
>> >
>> > On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 8:49 PM, David Carlson <
>> > david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> 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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