[GNC] Cannot save custom checks

[Mike stagl]

My user directories should be on my local F: drive.

Any idea how I could double check where GnuCash is looking for my user data files?

When I go to Windows Explorer and type %APPDATA% or %LOCALAPPDATA% it appears to correctly point to the locations on my F: drive.  The path appears to be F:\Users\Me\AppData\ then either Local or Roaming.  There are no unusual characters.

For reference, I have just created a new test gnucash file saved on my local machine's desktop and encountered the same error.  My primary drive is my F: drive.

Thanks in advance.

From: John Ralls
Sent: Saturday, August 4, 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [GNC] Cannot save custom checks
To: Mike stagl
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org


> On Aug 4, 2018, at 8:00 AM, Mike stagl wrote: > > I'm having trouble saving custom check prints. When I try to save my custom settings, I get a dialog box that says: > > > Cannot Open File {odd symbols such as an "X" in a box}\Users\{my Windows User Name}\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash\Checks\PTA.chk: Invalid Argument. > > > If I attempt different file names to save as, I can get this message: > > > Cannot Open File {symbols such as an "X" in a box"}\Users\{my Windows User Name}\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash\Checks\1.chk: Input/Output Error > > > I am using GnuCash 3.2 on Windows 7. I encounter this error both when I am using a local copy of a .gnucash file on my local machine, and also when I am working with a .gnucash file on a remote server. > > > Any thought? Thanks to all the contributors, “X in a box” is Windows’s way of indicating a character for which the current font doesn’t have a glyph. Normally one would expect “C:” beginning the user directory path, so perhaps your user directories are on a network share with non-ASCII characters in the name? Regards, John Ralls