[GNC] Colum headers missing on all accounts

Glenn Fowler gfowler1 at outlook.com
Sun Dec 4 20:29:45 EST 2022


Hi, did you look in the "books" folder?

C:\Users\<NAME>\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash\books

Each book will have it's own .gcm file

In it, the columns will be something like this:

date_width=177
num_width=74
reconcile_width=239
balance_width=140
transfer_width=318
debit_width=140
credit_width=140

On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 7:10 PM David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:

> There are also settings in the Registry ?
>
> Cheers David H.
>
> On Mon, 5 Dec 2022, 10:00 am Scott Traurig, <scott.traurig at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Stan,
> >
> > That FAQ entry looked promising, but it does not solve the problem. There
> > are no entries in the .gcm file showing zero width to edit.
> >
> > Worse, uninstalling GnuCash and deleting the entire C:\Users\my user
> > name\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash directory, including all .gcm files such
> that
> > they would be reconstituted from scratch, does not work either.
> >
> > Interestingly, somewhere in the system it remembers what book I had open
> > even through an uninstall/reinstall cycle. I suspect it has something to
> do
> > with that.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 5:30 PM Stan Brown <the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2022-12-04 13:06, Scott Traurig wrote:
> > > > GnuCash 4.12 on Windows 10 Pro.
> > > >
> > > > I was rearranging the sizes of the columns in one of the account
> > > > ledgers and now both the Transfer and Reconcile ("R") column labels
> > > > are gone.
> > >
> > > As you might expect, yours is a Frequently Asked Question. You'll want
> > > to bookmark the FAQ at
> > > <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ>
> > >
> > > Your specific question is answered at
> > > <
> > >
> >
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_resize_my_register_columns.3F_Why_can_I_not_shrink_the_description_column.3F
> > > >
> > > It tells you how to restore a disappeared column.
> > >
> > > While you're at it, you might want to bookmark the documentation
> portal:
> > > https://www.gnucash.org/docs.phtml
> > >
> > > Stan Brown
> > > Tehachapi, CA, USA
> > > https://BrownMath.com
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