[GNC] Colum headers missing on all accounts

Glenn Fowler gfowler1 at outlook.com
Sun Dec 4 21:07:41 EST 2022


Sorry for the confusion, my reply went out before the POP3 timer pulled
down new messages.
Have you tried Help -> About ?
There are now filepath links there in the latest version but I'm not sure
if it changes if your paths are not the default.

On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 8:44 PM Scott Traurig <scott.traurig at gmail.com>
wrote:

> That approach failed, Glenn. Please read my email chain and you'll see
> that.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 4, 2022, 20:35 Glenn Fowler <gfowler1 at outlook.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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