[GNC] File not found, file in history

[Centins@rq]

Thanks!

I think the panic of losing years of Dara blinded me to the simple idea that that was just a blank and not some imagined lost key to a proprietary file structure or something. Then down a rabbit hole trying to get Mailman installed just to get some help. 

Thanks for all the help!

Sorry for replying to one, not list!

> On Jun 7, 2019, at 9:24 PM, Greg Feneis <mfeneis at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Macs aren't my strength here, but every time you start GnuCash, if GnuCash
> starts with a message saying it can't find a file, then once you get past
> the screen that asks you if you want to remove it from the recent file
> list, what you have is GnuCash running with a default empty file. I
> wouldn't bother saving that. Instead, click the file menu and select open,
> then point to the file you usually use. You may have to find that file,
> using the Mac's file manager, then use GnuCash file>open to get to where
> the file is and open it.
> 
> Kind regards, Greg Feneis
> (Galaxy S7)
> 
> 
>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2019, 18:41 Giuseppe Quinn <centins at redquyn.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I’m running MacOS 10.14.5
>> 
>> In the attached screenshot you can see the msg I’m getting. Originally,
>> the file name was empty
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> If “No” or “Yes” is selected the following window opens.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Nothing I tried changed anything, till I selected save and it asked for a
>> name, and that’s how “WHatisthis” became the “missing” file from the first
>> image. I have plenty of these files;
>> 
>> 
>> Which are the ones I want to open, and I’ve tried opening GNUCash by
>> clicking various versions of these.
>> 
>> HELP!!!
>> 
>> On Jun 7, 2019, at 9:03 AM, Greg Feneis <mfeneis at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> You could also use your computer's file manager, EG Windows Explorer, to
>> find the file that GnuCash can't seem to find.
>> 
>> Kind regards, Greg Feneis
>> (Galaxy S7)
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2019, 07:59 Greg Feneis <mfeneis at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> You may have changed the file's location and GnuCash can no longer find
>> it. Try using the file>open menu items to navigate to the file location and
>> open it. After GnuCash opens it up,it will remember the new location and
>> open it automatically the next time you start it
>> 
>> Kind regards, Greg Feneis
>> (Pixel 3)
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2019, 07:34 Centins at rq <centins at redquyn.com> wrote:
>> 
>> When I try to open GnuCash 3.4 I get an error msg saying a file can’t be
>> found, but that the file is in history and do I want to remove it. When I
>> click either the “Yes”, or “No” a window opens with nothing in it and a
>> “Save” and some other button.
>> 
>> Help! I can’t open any of my data!
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