[GNC] longtime user suddenly unable to open gnucash

[Sherlock]

Jacob,

The problematic file may be:

~/Library/Application\ Support/Gnucash/books/JAW.gnucash.gcm


Regards,

Sherlock


On 8/11/25 1:12 PM, Sherlock wrote:
> Jacob,
> 
> I suspect there may be a configuration issue.
> 
> A quick check is to rename the GNC_CONFIG_HOME directory and the try 
> launching GnuCash:
> 
> mv ~/Library/Application\ Support/Gnucash ~/Library/Application\ 
> Support/Gnucash.sav
> 
> 
> If GnuCash able to launch successfully, you can try restoring a backup 
> of the GNC_CONFIG_HOME directory saved before you experienced the issue.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sherlock
> 
> 
> On 8/11/25 11:48 AM, Jacob Wegelin wrote:
>> At
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ii1dswyfptx5gvz9bx6sl/gnucash1.zip? 
>> rlkey=a7f1y4v91ebztkurwspuiwegw&st=hfkg9pzz&dl=0
>>
>> are 2 files:
>> gnucash.trace
>> the stderr from the command line.
>>
>> Thank you again
>>
>> Jacob Wegelin