[GNC] No Disk error

Fri Aug 31 02:34:38 EDT 2018

4. Yank out the cable connecting the drives to the motherboard :-) If 
you never use it....

On 30/08/18 15:09, Arthur wrote:
> 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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>>> 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.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> --JEffrey Black M.B.A.
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