[GNC] Two Instances as opposed to two separate files

Stan Brown the_stan_brown at fastmail.fm
Sat Jul 15 17:35:06 EDT 2023


On 2023-07-15 06:32, Michael or Penny Novack wrote:
>> Of course Mac doesn't know how to open a file in Gnucash, so that
>> remains different.
>>
>> Liz
> 
> Neither does a machine under Windows unless it has been "told" what
> application to use for an object of that type. Just because an object
> has a file extension isn't enough. There also has to be an entry in the
> "table of associations" telling the machine "use application X for
> objects of type Y".

So? The Windows installer creates that association, as a Windows
installer is supposed to do. The user doesn't have to do any sort of
setup. I speak from experience on Windows 7, 8.1, 10,and 11 with GC.

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com


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