[GNC] Problems Accessing GnuCash Files on my D:\

[Ronal B Morse]

Could this be an ACL (access control list) related? 

Linux doesn't use them (nor does the Mac, as far as I know)
but Windows does and from what I understand a broken or
incorrect ACL config could cause this kind of behavior. 

Totally clueless about how to check or what to do, but since
no one mentioned the possibility...

RBM 


On Fri, 2019-03-08 at 13:41 -0600, brob2684 wrote:
> Hi Colin and David,
> 
> I've done a bit more digging and it began to looks like
> there was a small
> chance the issue is linked to the special Windows folders.
> 
> If I move a copy of my gnucash file to an existing
> directory on D:\ that is
> not a special Windows folder (e.g. D:\Filing or D:\Tmp)
> then gnucash opens
> the file without issue.
> 
> On the other hand, if I move the file to a special Windows
> folder (e.g.
> D:\Documents or D:\Favorites or D:\Desktop or D:\Pictures).
> Surprisingly,
> D:\Downloads works without issue.
> 
> I haven't made any changes to this setup in the past
> fortnight.
> 
> A fair bit of further random, seemingly aimless Googling
> along the above
> lines kept turning up recommendations about permissions,
> none of which
> worked.
> 
> ----------------------------
> 
> However, I eventually turned up this little chestnut:
> 
> https://superuser.com/questions/1293897/cannot-save-files-to-desktop-in-windows-10
> 
> It seems "Controlled folder access" was switched on. From
> what I've read,
> it's supposed to be an opt-in feature, and when enabled, it
> uses a mechanism
> to track apps trying to make changes to files in the
> protected folders. If
> the app is malicious, or it's not recognized, the feature
> will in real-time
> block the attempt, and you'll get a notification of the
> suspicious activity.
> 
> So it looks like my problem stems from opting in (sorry, I
> have no
> recollection of doing so) but I've also received no
> notifications of
> suspicious activity either.
> 
> Disabling this means I can open/save/edit files in GnuCash
> that are written
> to my D:\Documents folder again.
> 
> Thanks both for your help,
> brob2684
> 
> 
> 
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