[GNC] Unhide column

[David Carlson]

Glad you figured it out.

On Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 6:32 AM Alan A Holmes <gnucash at alanaholmes.me.uk>
wrote:

> Thanks David. In my case it’s the disk that’s at 100%, and the problem is
> firewall related. When the PC starts both my own firewall (Avast Firewall)
> and Windows Firewall are trying to run, however there’s a windows process
> that runs that thinks neither is running and in situation just kills the
> disk so that it’s difficult to do anything.
>
>
>
> The latest Windows upgrade has done something that affects Windows
> firewall so that it doesn’t detect that another firewall is running
> correctly. Microsoft have sort of acknowledged there’s a problem, as there
> are many 000’s having similar problems, but are claiming innocence of any
> change. It doesn’t seem to be related to a specific personal firewall, it
> seems to be any as others are using other products rather than Avast.
>
> It looks as though it’s the order that the various start-up processes run,
> as this isn’t always consistent. If the Windows process starts first it
> then doesn’t detect when a 2nd one starts. If the other starts first then
> Windows firewall does seem to detect the other is running so doesn’t start.
>
>
>
> I’ve got a temporary work around. Start the PC. If it starts okay then
> carry on as normal. If it has the problem then restart (which can take
> 20-30 minutes to get the restart option up and then to action) and it
> usually works okay, though I have once had to restart twice.
>
>
>
> I’m moving away from Avast shortly anyway, so hopefully the situation will
> improve. Until then I only shutdown or restart my laptop when it’s
> absolutely necessaryJ
>
>
>
>
>
> Alan A Holmes
>
>
>
> *From:* David Carlson [mailto:david.carlson.417 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 19 July 2020 09:05
> *To:* Alan A Holmes
> *Cc:* John Ralls; GnuCash List
> *Subject:* Re: [GNC] Unhide column
>
>
>
> Alan,
>
>
>
> If your computer CPU goes to 100% for a long enough time to notice, it
> will not be reliable to perform any task.  That also goes for disk accesses
> or any other function.  this may happen if you have several programs open,
> or if some of them are resource hogs.  Web browsers often hog resources.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 2:40 PM Alan A Holmes <gnucash at alanaholmes.me.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Thanks John.
>
> I'll forget all about it.
>
>
> Alan A Holmes
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Ralls [mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us]
> Sent: 18 July 2020 20:35
> To: Alan A Holmes
> Cc: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Unhide column
>
>
>
> > On Jul 18, 2020, at 12:07 PM, Alan A Holmes <gnucash at alanaholmes.me.uk>
> wrote:
> >
> > Windows 10 Pro Version 2004 Build 19041.333, GnuCash Version: 3.11 Build
> ID:
> > 3.11+(2020-06-26)
> >
> >
> >
> > I've recently been having problems with my system, the system gets it's
> > knickers into a twist about which firewall it is meant to be using. The
> > system hangs as the disk is 100% active, so the system won't allow me do
> > anything. After some effort I'm gradually sorting the problem out, seems
> to
> > have been caused by the latest Windows 10 Version upgrade, but I ended up
> > running full virus scans, malware scans, getting rids of cookies etc.,
> and
> > used Spybot to get rid of anything remotely suspicious.
> >
> >
> >
> > A consequence of doing all the above is that when I started GnuCash it
> had
> > forgotten about all my open account tabs, and column widths within those
> > tabs. No major problem re-opening the tabs and adjusting the column
> widths,
> > just an inconvenience that's not the fault of GnuCash.
> >
> >
> >
> > However one thing I noticed is that when I opened my "Cash-in-Hand"
> account
> > there was an extra column to the right of "Balance". I think it might
> have
> > been called "Rate", but I'm not certain. I was resizing all the columns
> in
> > autopilot mode and accidentally moved the right hand border of this
> column
> > to the left with the result that it's now zero width. I want to resize
> the
> > column but I'm unable to do this, as when I grab the most right hand
> border
> > it just resizes the "Balance" column.
> >
> >
> >
> > I've tried deleting the account tab and re-opening it, and it opens it
> with
> > the new remembered settings.
> >
> >
> >
> > How can I resize this column please, so that I can see what it is. I
> might
> > not want it even when I have resized it, but I'd like to see what it is.
>
> You actually do want that column to remain hidden. It's for GnuCash's
> internal use.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls=
>
>
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