[GNC] New computer to set up gnucash and migrate from old.

[Mike or Penny Novack]

On 6/17/2019 7:29 PM, Randy Rosebrock wrote:
> I'll check it out. You would thing gnucash would build in a 
> backup/export/import function.

You are slightly misunderstanding the problems because you are thinking 
of gnucash as being used to keep only one set of books. Also, gnucash 
keeps a list of the last four books open and if not otherwise instructed 
will try to open the last that was open.

Many of us who keep multiple sets of books turn that off. We are having 
gnucash start without opening any set of books and then explicitly 
telling it which to open. Particularly after migrating to a new computer 
with different OS, even if you have only one set of books the "last 
open" might not be found << path is different >>

file => open will let you CHOOSE the file (set of books) that you want 
gnucash to open.

Michael D Novack

PS: The issue of preferences/settings IF these are to be different for 
the different sets of books is most easily solved by having them under 
different users (different computer logins). Just because you are one 
human being doesn't mean that your computer knows that.