[GNC] Wrong Regedit key in Wiki for setting MRU maxfiles on Windows version 4.11

Vincent Dawans dawansv at gmail.com
Wed Sep 14 13:10:48 EDT 2022


FYI somebody on Linux also confirmed that they have the double
/org/gnucash/GnuCash/history  path as well.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GnuCash/comments/xe3xty/possible_to_change_recently_opened_from_4_to_5/

On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 9:58 AM Vincent Dawans <dawansv at gmail.com> wrote:

> Was happy to see it is now possible to change the number of recent files
> in the menu as per instructions in the FAQ
>
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_I_have_deleted_a_gnucash_file_from_my_computer._How_can_I_remove_that_file_from_the_File_menu.27s_short_list_.28MRU.29_as_well.3F
>
> However the FAQ says to create a DWord in
> Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\GSettings\org\gnucash\history
>
> Although I do have a history key in that location, it seems to have been
> created from an earlier version. In the latest version 4.11, it was moved
> to
> Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\GSettings\org\gnucash\GnuCash\history
> (notice the double \gnucash\GnuCash\)
> That is where I had to create the DWord for it to work
>
> I get a sense that the registry tree might have been moved by mistake with
> an added GnuCash level in the recent version but that's where it is as of
> version 4.11 on Windows. If possible please update the FAQ to mention this
> second location based on version number
>
> I have been using gnuCash for years but this is my first email to the
> list. A big thank you for all the hard work.
>
> Vincent Dawans
>


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