[GNC] Fwd: Gnucash

[Mahon Finbar]

OK, latest, just yesterday, Backblaze producedtwo files in .zip, I think 
I have a jpg.


Is it visible? This tax accounts and returns was 'deleted' a long time 
ago, but was obviously 'alive' in 2023.....?

Is this where the problem originated??

Is there any solution from here?

Barry

On 27/08/2023 12:58, Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user wrote:
> Good advice, I never run as administrator, at least not knowingly.
>
> I am on an island off the South West coast of Ireland, at this moment. 
> I will move on to my residence in France next week, I use this site as 
> my 'best option' for GNU, and so far, until this fiasco, it has served 
> me well. Libraries are thin on the ground here ;).
>
> I am working to locate gnucash files from dates previous to the 
> problem from my backup, Backupblaze, to locate something that may work 
> without the message.
>
> Thank you for the advice, Barry
>
> On 26/08/2023 21:14, David Carlson wrote:
>> Barry,
>> If you do not have a family member or friend that knows a lot about 
>> permission issuess in Windows, go to your local library and ask them 
>> to find someone to help you.
>>
>> Ununstalling Gnucash amd startimg over will not help.
>>
>> You will evrntually end up in the same pile of manure.
>>
>> Never ever "run as administrator" unless you know exactly why you 
>> need to.
>>
>> That is my answer.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 26, 2023, 11:02 AM Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user 
>> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>
>>     I'd say you are almost certainly right, Adrian, but.....
>>
>>     There I was, sailing along at my usual boring, routine, data 
>> entry to
>>     gnucash, as I have done since 2019.
>>
>>     On entering a transaction I got the message I have copied several
>>     times,
>>     that I don't have rights or space to save the transaction, never
>>     saw it
>>     before.
>>
>>     Put a question on here and a long series of q&a ensued.
>>
>>     I just needed a simple a - what is the meaning of the message? can
>>     I 'go
>>     back' to eliminate it? can I delete the entry? can I close down
>>     gnucash
>>     and restart with a new transaction, etc.
>>
>>     Things like you have two users on the same files, was news to me.
>>
>>     As time went by and the q&a got more complicated I lost the
>>     sequence of
>>     where we were, plus issues with trying to send page images.
>>
>>     Finally, I found myself with a 2022 gnucash file, and nothing
>>     else, in
>>     my administrato folder. BUT, whenever I tried to save that file,
>>     just so
>>     I could get on with my accounts, I got the same 'you need rights'
>>     message.
>>
>>     A long way around, but no solution.
>>
>>     The help and advice I have had is terrific, but increasingly
>>     confusing.
>>     I wouldn't say I am an expert in accounting, I have a long 
>> history in
>>     IT, but not specifically in GNU.
>>
>>     The one thing that has created the confusion for me is the
>>     bewildering
>>     array of files associated with my, in my mind, simple, accounting
>>     needs.
>>     I was not, and still am not familiar with the numerous files on
>>     the same
>>     date and time, what is the difference between 'backups' 'logs' and
>>     the
>>     last file I was working on. I appreciate the need to have security
>>     in an
>>     accounting software, but not the range of files.
>>
>>     Longwinded? yes.
>>
>>     Can I recover my situation in time for my tax return date of mid
>>     November? I think I should delete everything and reload gnucash 
>> anew,
>>     create 2022 and 2023 from my paper files and send the result for
>>     2022 to
>>     the taxman, (or woman in these liberated days)??
>>
>>     For those who get long strings of posts on the same topic, sorry for
>>     boring you.
>>
>>     Barry
>>
>>     On 26/08/2023 09:03, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>>     > Dimes to Dollars the permissions issue was that Barry was 
>> accessing
>>     > the file as one user (Barry Mahon) but it was saved in the tree of
>>     > another. (administrato)
>>     >
>>     > Regards,
>>     > Adrien
>>     >
>>     > On 8/25/23 6:30 PM, Maf. King wrote:
>>     >> I've just had a thought on a possible reason the original file
>>     could
>>     >> not be
>>     >> saved.  I may be barking up the wrong tree.....
>>     >>
>>     >> Does Win have a maximum length for a filename?
>>     >>
>>     >> If Barry (OP) has been repeatedly opening and working on
>>     backups and
>>     >> backups
>>     >> of backups etc.., is it possible that repeated time-stamps have
>>     hit
>>     >> some sort
>>     >> of string-length limit (either in Win, GC, Gnome-libs or whatever
>>     >> layer)??
>>     >>
>>     >> Last time I was actively using MS for anything regularly, the
>>     >> filename length
>>     >> limit was 8+3 ... so I'll defer to pretty much anyone's opinion
>>     on this!
>>     >
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