[GNC] A new start - somewhat strange

[David Carlson]

Narberth,

That message means that GnuCash did not find and open an existing data file
so it is expecting you to create a new one.  Thus Derek's answer.

On Wed, Aug 31, 2022, 7:11 AM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> Just create a new file:
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>  File -> New File
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> -derek
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> On Wed, August 31, 2022 6:53 am, Norbert Klein wrote:
> > Self introduction: I am Norbert Klein, a 88 year old German, living
> > since 32 years in Cambodia.
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> > Some years ago, I had been using GnuCash on a computer running under
> > Ubuntu.
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> > Some months ago, I wanted to set up GnuCash again, this time on a
> > computer using Windows  -  but before I could move ahead, I had a
> > hard-disk failure and had to get a news hard-disk.
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> > Now I wanted to start again, Windows 10, GnuCash 4.11-1 setup
> > downloaded, I accepted all suggestions during setup; at the end I saw
> > the GnuCash icon on the desktop. I clicked on it, expecting some kind of
> > initial GnuCash program – but I got only this:
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> > “Unsaved Book – GnuCash”
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> > Before I might make some mistakes, I rather ask. Any suggestions? Please…
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> > Norbert – nhklein at mgmx.net
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