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

[Ronal B Morse]

Thanks for the correction. I (obviously) didn't know that. 

RBM


On Fri, 2019-03-08 at 20:24 -0500, Kenneth Schneider wrote:
> Most filesystems in Linux support ACL’s.
> 
> Ken Schneider 
> 
> > On Mar 8, 2019, at 7:09 PM, Ronal B Morse <
> > ron at morsehouse.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 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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