New File Name ??

[Mike Stillingfleet]

Thank you Colin. That remedial action makes sense. I remain mystified as
to how the name got changed. Verification of which file has all the
right data in it isn't as simple as y sounds. I know the reconciliation
dates are right in the new file.  But going back and checking thousands
of prior period entries isn't feasible.

On Wed, Jan 24, 2018, at 2:51 PM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 24 January 2018 at 13:57, Mike Stillingfleet
> <mikestillingfleet at fastmail.co.uk> wrote:>> Dear All,
>> 
>>  I have just noticed (after doing a lot of work on GNU Cash) that the
>>  file name has changed. I now have a file  call Bank
>>  Expenses.gnucash.>> 
>>  When I click on file I see my old file name as "2" and the new file
>>  new as "1".>> 
>>  I didn't ever request a new file name.
>> 
>> 
>>  Where did this new file name come from???
>> 
>>  When I clicked on file 2 the screen went gray and said it was an
>>  unsaved file and the reconiliation dates do not match. i.e. vast
>>  amount of work missing from my old file.>> 
>>  Can some one explain this. Can some please tell me how I should
>>  proceed without losing all my work!!> 
> If the new file has the correct data then open open it and select File
> > Save As to save it as another new name, then you can carry on using
> it while you try to understand where it came from.> 
> If you do a full directory listing of the folder then you will also
> see all the backup files with embedded timestamps in the name and
> should be able to work out what happened.> 
> When you clicked on file 2 and it says it was unsaved are you sure it
> was not saying that you had made just made a change to file 1
> (possibly via a scheduled transaction) and that it was warning you
> that you were switching files without saving the work?> 
> Colin
>  
>> 
>> Thanks
>>
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