Gnucash Error "No Suitable backend was found for file..."

[Geert Janssens]

Op maandag 5 maart 2018 14:33:39 CET schreef Osama Younis:
> Dears,
> Greetings.
> 
> I am getting the error message "No Suitable backend was found for file..."
> after my PC was shut off unexpectedly two days ago. Now I can't open my
> current accounts even though I see the backup files (.gcm and .gnucash
> files).

For your information: .gcm files are not backup files. They are only storing 
visual state (which tabs were open, column widths, ...).

I do hope you are not saving your gnucash data files in the same directory as 
the .gcm files ? If so, on the first occasion you manage to open a data file, 
run a "Save As..." and store your data in a more common location, such as (a 
subdirectory of) your Documents/My Documents/etc directory. I recommend a 
subdirectory as gnucash creates its backup files right next to the data file.

Regards,

geert