[GNC] Gnucash 5.13 not saving Chart of Account preferences

[aeg]

 Stan,
Many thanks to you and to Sherlock.
I've only ever used the normal installer before, but I'll try this, and assume it's just a case of taking the most up-to-date exe from the stable releases (gnucash-5.13-2025-10-13-git-5.13-9-ge22c406547+.setup.exe) and installing it as normal. If not, please let me know if I need to take any special precautions with this type of installation.
Thanks,AlanG

    On Wednesday 15 October 2025 at 16:42:42 BST, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) <stan+gc at fastmail.fm> wrote:  
 
 Thanks for the update, Alan. Removing the read-only status was a good
thing. I think your next step is what Sherlock suggested yesterday:

On 2025-10-14 09:26, Sherlock wrote:
> Hi AlanG,
>
> A fix for this issue was provided on October 6th.  I suggest pulling a
> more recent nightly build to confirm: https://code.gnucash.org/builds/
> win32/stable/

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

On 2025-10-15 01:48, aeg wrote:
> Stan,
> 
> Thank you for your very clear step-by-step guide.
> I found that both boxes were marked, so I cleared them, and restarted
> the computer in case that might also help.
> I then opened GnuCash and set my preferred layout, entered a transaction
> so that I had a reason to save and closed the file.
> When I re-opened it, the layout had unfortunately reverted to the
> default again.
> 
> I checked the properties of each folder in the file path from AppData to
> the .gcm file, and for each folder there is a blob with minus sign in
> the box next to 'Read-only', whereas the box next to that of the .gcm
> file is empty,
> 
> AlanG