[GNC] How to run GNUcash in portable fashion?

[aeneas]

Very nice reply!

It looks like knowing about GNC_DATA_HOME goes a long way toward solving my
problem.  From what I can see I'm not using AQBANKING.  Also, I'd speculate
that my scheme may not be be completely fool-proof.  I did search the
registry for "gnucash" and found some KEYS.  This causes me to think that
there could be some interference if different instances (i.e., different
thumb drives with different peoples versions) of GNUcash were run on the
same computer.  While I might expect some behavioral irregularity I'd also
be inclined to think that this should NOT risk contamination of the files
used to store the actual accounting records.

Just for the record I notice that the portableapps version of GNUcash (3.2)
has a directory named GTKDataHome in addition to GNCDataHome.  In my case
the GTKDataHome directory is still empty.  However, I am wondering if I
could/should make some accommodation for whatever purpose that serves? 
Also, there is another directory named settings which contains files that
appear to be exported from the registry.  To the extent that portableapps
handles registry keys properly it is a better solution than my home grown
hack.  However, another feature my technique provides is the installation of
a new version without making any change to an existing version that is
working just fine.  There are many circumstances under which preserving the
ability to revert to, or for that matter switch back and forth between, a
prior version is quite helpful and this can extend across several versions.

Anyway many thanks for the help.  It looks like my flash drive installation
is now somewhat portable and I also appreciate learning about some other
aspects of GNUcash which may be helpful in the future.



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