Language change mystery

[rmomxtx at gmail.com]

David,

 

The Windows defender controlled folder access feature is confusing to me. Can’t figure out how to add a program to the approved list. For now, I just turned it off. I couldn’t find the program file for GnuCash to add it to the list. Not sure where it is in the Program Files (x86)/GnuCash. 

 

Thinking back, I’m not sure Windows Defender responded to the accounting entry or to something else that GnuCash was doing. I got a message similar to when you accidently try to open GnuCash twice or after it shuts down improperly. It happened several times.

 

Thanks,

Roger

 

From: David Carlson [mailto:david.carlson.417 at gmail.com] 
Sent: martes, 20 de febrero de 2018 11:01 p. m.
To: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
Cc: Roger Oliver <rmomxtx at gmail.com>; Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu>; Gnucash <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: Language change mystery

 

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 <mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us> > wrote:



> On Feb 20, 2018, at 12:14 PM, rmomxtx at gmail.com <mailto: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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