[GNC] No Disk error

Thu Aug 30 01:09:35 EDT 2018

As Colin suggested, I Googled the error message. [Silly of me not to 
look beyond the gnucash archives.]  I've summarized the 3 suggested 
solutions which I tried, and I also have a thought for consideration by 
the developers.

First, I have a Dell XPS from 2010 that came with *4* memory card reader 
slots that I have never used (before today). It is running Windows 7.  
For every GnuCash 3.x (including a couple of recent 3.2 maintenance 
releases) I see the following.
If I select "Import transactions from CSV...", I have to cancel 24 no 
disk pop-up windows (6 for each slot) to continue.  This happens every 
time I try to import transactions. I don't want to be a whiner, but it 
quickly becomes annoying.

Here's what I tried that worked.
1) Keep media in the drives.  I scrounged through a box of old stuff and 
found a compact flash card.  Inserting that into the reader eliminated 
the error for that slot.  Woo-Hoo.  Only 18 pop-ups to cancel.  I 
presume if I fill all the slots, the errors will disappear entirely.

2) Disable each drive that causes a problem.  I opened the Device 
Manager in the control panel. The item "Disk drives" lists all the 
drives on the machine including those for the memory cards. Disabling a 
drive eliminates the error for that drive.  If I disable every memory 
card drive, all the pop-ups are eliminated.

3) Hack the registry.  Go to the registry entry
"Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Windows"
The default value of of the DWORD "ErrorMode" is "0".  Change 
"ErrorMode" to "2".  Pop-ups gone. The following link gives more explanation
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/124873/disabling-system-hard-error-message-dialog-boxes
I pasted the following advice from that page.
"To run an unattended server, use mode 2. The default value is 0."
The implication being one will have to make a visit to the previously 
unattended server to click on the pop-ups in the event of an error since 
the server will hang until they are cleared.

Here's my humble thought for consideration by the developers.  If I'm 
reading the documentation correctly (a big if), the state of ErrorMode 
can be controlled programmatically on a per process basis via the 
Windows API.  I think it might solve the problem if sometime shortly 
after Gnucash starts, it calls "SetErrorMode(SEM_NOGPFAULTERRORBOX)".  
Below is a link to the description of the Windows function SetErrorMode().
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms680621(v=vs.85).aspx
Assuming it works, perhaps you would consider adding that to the Windows 
port?

Regards,
-Arthur

On 8/23/2018 3:23 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> Googling  for that error message finds lots of hits.  It seems to be
> do do with having a drive that windows thinks is there but actually
> isn't.  Something like that anyway.  There are some solutions offered.
>
> Colin
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2018 at 04:39, jeffrey black <beastmaster126 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On 8/22/2018 1:43 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>>> Were either of you at any time storing your GnuCash files on an SD card?
>>>
>>> If so, I’d suggest using a card to load the file, then doing a Save As elsewhere (with the card still in the drive). Then close and re-open GnuCash to load from the new location. THEN Safely Eject and remove the SD card.
>>>
>>> Otherwise, some sort of bug is at play.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Adrien
>>>
>>>> On Aug 22, 2018, at 7:30 AM, Mike stagl <m_stagl at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have the same issue on Windows 7 and GnuCash 3.2, and I believe its because I have several SD card readers on my machine and no cards installed in them.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I haven't looked into a work around yet, but I agree its highly annoying.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I figure I'll need to uninstall my SD card readers in order to stop the alerts.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Anyone else have any thoughts?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: Patrick Murez <patrickruashi at gmail.com>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2018 1:34 AM
>>>> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>>>> Subject: [GNC] No Disk error
>>>>
>>>> Dear all I want to report a problem already submitted in this mailing list
>>>> with no answer so far:
>>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> I am starting over with gnucash, and thought I'd do a clean re-install.
>>>> Note, I am on windows, and have removed all the gnucash files I could
>>>> find before installing 3.1.
>>>>
>>>> However, now I am getting an annoying error message every time I try to
>>>> look at the preferences, as well as when I do "save as":
>>>>
>>>> Gnucash.exe - No Disk
>>>> There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive
>>>> \Device\Harddisk1\DR1.
>>>>
>>>> I have the options Cancel, Try Again and Continue. Try Again just pops
>>>> up the message again, so do the other two too. However, if I click
>>>> enough times on Cancel or Continue, the message goes away.
>>>>
>>>> Note, when I change something in Preferences, that change stays when I
>>>> quit and restart.
>>>>
>>>> This is quite annoying, and if anybody could shed some light on what has
>>>> happened and how to get rid of said message, I'd be very happy.
>>>>
>>>> Karin
>>>>
>>>> your help will great.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
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>>>>
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>> I am going to go out on a limb here and suggest it is a Micro$oft
>> "upgrade" problem.  My home Winoze server is up 24/7 (yes I know, ughh
>> run a real os ), barring power outages out here in the sticks.
>>
>> I do not know how many updates my computer installed since its last
>> reboot but; I do know that I have had trouble for the last week
>> accessing usb drives.  Part of the time they exist and part of time they
>> don't according to windoze.
>>
>> Not much help but; a little more information.
>>
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