[GNC] Two Instances as opposed to two separate files

[David H]

Ken,

In case the shortcut idea wasn't clear - see pic below...  You can set the
"Start in:" property to wherever your gnucash data file is located, mine is
in C:\Users\<userid>\Documents\Gnucash\Data" as per the pic.  This saves
adding a path to the file name you pass to Gnucash, and then just include
the file name after the "Target:" as per example.

Cheers David H.

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On Fri, 14 Jul 2023 at 17:44, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ken,
>
> 1. Don't think so
> 2. See 1.
> 3. Setup 2 shortcuts using the gnucash file name and probably the file
> path for each file then you can just double click on the appropriate
> shortcut.  If your file paths contain spaces you'll probably need double
> quotes around them.
>
> Cheers David H.
>
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2023 at 15:15, Ken Pyzik <pyz01 at outlook.com> wrote:
>
>> Question about a matter of setup.  I use Windows 11 - so
>> answers/information specific to that OS would be appreciated.
>>
>> First - can two instances of the program be loaded (exist in the system)
>> such that one instance opens a personal file and one opens a business file?
>> Second - if answer to question one is yes - is this a preference you can
>> set and are there advantages to doing it?
>> Third - if answer to question one is no - then is the only way to have
>> two separate data files is to load the program and force load the specific
>> file you want since the program always default opens to the last file you
>> dealt with?
>>
>> Answers, opinions and other information welcomed.  Thanks!  -- Ken
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