[GNC] longtime user suddenly unable to open gnucash

[R Losey]

No, it IS blank on my macOS. That's why he gave you the path to it
(~/Library/Application\ Support/GnuCash). Rename the directory, and then
try launching GnuCash.

On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM Jacob Wegelin <jacobwegelin at fastmail.fm>
wrote:

> When I do
>
> > echo $GNC_CONFIG_HOME
>
> I get a blank. Is this not supposed to be a system variable in macos on
> the command line?
>
> On 2025-08-11 Mon 13:12, 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
> >
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