[GNC] GNUCash 4.9

[Steve Mortimer]

What I did to correct my problem was to take the last backup file and 
remove all of the dates in the file name and made that my main 
(orginial) transaction file.  I opened that file as the data file and 
used it.  This corrected the issue with I was having.

Thanks everyone for your responses.
Steve

> Adrien Monteleone <mailto:adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>
> Monday, January 3, 2022 8:30 PM
> Your original file never changes names, unless you do a File > Save 
> As, or change it via your OS file manager.
>
> If you ever see a file with a date stamp, it is a backup. Do not try 
> to open it in order to work in your main file. If you do, you are 
> instead working in a backup copy and the main file never gets changed.
>
> This new backup then becomes your current 'working copy'.
>
> If those truncated file names contain several (not just two) time 
> stamps, this means you've done this repeatedly and have now seriously 
> branched your file.
>
> If you know for certain you never worked in any previous original or 
> backup file after opening a later one, just do a File > Save As on the 
> currently open file with a simpler name. Then only open that file to 
> start GnuCash in the future. Or better yet, if you are only using a 
> single file, just open GnuCash itself. It always defaults to the last 
> open file.
>
> If you want a desktop shortcut, make it to the GnuCash app itself, not 
> your file. Store that in your Documents as already suggested. 
> (backups, logs, and lck files will be stored with it)
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
>
>
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> Steve Mortimer <mailto:noahsark0852 at att.net>
> Monday, January 3, 2022 6:27 PM
> Adrien,
>
> Here is what I have found out.  Each time the program is closed it 
> adds that date and time to the name of the file.  How can this be 
> stopped?
>
> I can change the name of the file so that there is only one date for 
> the file name and bring it up with all of the transactions in the 
> file.  I close the program and the file now has two dates showing on it.
>
> Guess there is no original file on the computer.
> Steve
>
>

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