[GNC] Two Instances as opposed to two separate files

[Ken Pyzik]

Thanks to all who answered.  All answers/opinions were very good.   Honorable mention to David H. for the screen shot!  Thanks!

Ken

From: David H <hellvee at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2023 12:57 AM
To: Ken Pyzik <pyz01 at outlook.com>
Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: Re: [GNC] Two Instances as opposed to two separate files

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<mailto: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<mailto: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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