[GNC] Can't save a file to redirected folder.

[John Ralls]

> On Jun 20, 2018, at 10:13 PM, RedFishGnuFish <dontspammehereok at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Admittedly, I'm brand new to GnuCash but I think this is a real issue.
> 
> I'm using GnuCash 3.1 on Win 7.  My windows Desktop directory is redirected
> to a 2008 Server on my home network.
> 
> I create a new project and try to save it.
> 1) I first create a folder (Accounting) on my Desktop which succeeds.
> 
> 2) I enter that folder <mydesktop>Accounting
> 
> 3) I try to save fool.gnucash
> 
>    Note, the network path looks something like: 
>    \\servername\Share\Users\<myusername>\Accounting\foo.gnucash
> 
> I get the error:
> 
> You attempted to save in
> <random text here>
> or a subdirectory theerof.  This is not allowed as GnuCash reservers that
> directory for internal use.
> 
> Please try again in a different directory.
> 
> I'ts ironic that the only reason I'm upgrading from Quicken 2003 is it
> doesn't seem to handle network path names.
> 

Are all of the characters in <mydesktop> regular English characters (i.e. a-z, A-Z, and 0-9)?
Are you absolutely sure that the <random text here> is in fact random? How many trials did you run? Are all of *those* characters in the regular English character set?
Is the server path mapped to a drive with net use? Have you tried that?

Regards,
John Ralls