Language change mystery

David Carlson david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 21 00:01:24 EST 2018


Roger,

Do you have your data file in a user documents folder or sub-folder with
full read and write privileges?  Windows Defender should not be interfering
with access to your data file.  If that new Controlled Folder Access
feature is that fussy...

David C

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 9:07 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

>
>
> > On Feb 20, 2018, at 12:14 PM, rmomxtx at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Derek,
> >
> > I changed the OS language back to English and restarted the computer,
> > several times. This did not change the language back to English.
> >
> > Windows Defender Controlled Folder Access blocked GnuCash from making
> > changes to the data file. At first, it even blocked adding a new
> > transaction. I turned off the controlled folder access feature.
> >
> > I read the instructions at the link. The version of GnuCash I have
> installed
> > is 2.6.18. I tried to follow the instructions to edit the environment
> file
> > at c:\\Program Files\gnucash\etc\gnucash. But I don't have an editor for
> > that type of file or an option to open it as administrator. So, I'm not
> sure
> > what to do with that.
> >
> > Might it work to uninstall and reinstall the program? Does the uninstall
> > remove the data files? I have a backup, just a matter of making sure it
> is
> > up to date.
> >
>
> You do have an editor: Notepad. It comes with Windows. Just click the
> Start menu and then type the name to find it. Once it’s visible in the menu
> bar, right-click on it and select “run as administrator” to get the
> privilege escalation to edit environment.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
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