[GNC] Okay, why won't it let me restore from backup?

[David Carlson]

ToddAndMargo,

GnuCash keeps information about some details such as which account windows
were left open and their size and locations on the screen when you closed
your data file in a different folder on your computer.  This information is
called your preferences and it is a good idea to occasionally save a copy
of them in a backup folder.  There is information online at gnucash.org
about how to find your preferences depending on the computer os and the
version of GnuCash.

If you have saved any custom reports you should also back them up in the
same way as you back up your preferences.

David Carlson



On Tue, May 7, 2019, 3:09 AM ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> On 5/7/19 12:08 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> > What exactly did you do when you tried to restore it from backup?
> > Without knowing what backup s/w or strategy you use we are in the dark
> > on what you actually did.
>
> What backup means is that I have copies of the data file squirrels away
> wher Gnu Cash can't find them.  I restored yesterday's file to
> the target directory where GnuCash does look.  I got back the same
> closed account.  When I let GnuCash i on the secret as to where
> the backups were, it ran the prior day's properly.  I then used
> "Save As" to put it back where it normally resides and remove
> GnuCash from seeing the backup archines.
>
> Why it worked the second way and not the first is the mystery.
>
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