[GNC] Copy and paste account into a new account

[sunfish62 at yahoo.com]

Just going to say that #1 is overkill. The prior answer, I believe, is #3.

If you're not up to editing the gcm file, you can always just delete the gcm file altogether and it will get rebuilt the next time you fire GnuCash up, using default column widths. The gcm file location is given on the wiki. 

⁣David T.​

On Sep 7, 2025, 11:40 AM, at 11:40 AM, Edwin Booth <elybeedle at gmail.com> wrote:
>Thank you! I have tried your No. 2 suggestion countless times and just
>does
>not reappear. I’m not sure what you mean by the down arrow on the
>column
>headers (I’m using a MacBook). I only get the side-to-side arrows as
>well
>as the regular cursor. I’m keen to try your No. 3 but have no idea how
>to
>do that.
>
>Thanks so much for the reply!
>
>Edwin
>
>On Sun, Sep 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM Steve Butler
><stephen.m.butler51 at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Create the new account.
>>
>> Delete the old account and check the box to transfer all transactions
>to
>> the new account.
>>
>> It may be that your balance column was either:
>> 1.  Turned off -- check the down arrow on the column headers.
>> 2.  Pushed off the page by wider columns.  Double click the
>Description
>> column headers to see if columns suddenly appear(and description
>column
>> shrinks)
>> 3.  Width of Balance column set to zero pixels.  There is a file you
>need
>> to edit to fix that.  Not sure which one nor where it is located.
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 7, 2025, 11:11 Edwin Booth <elybeedle at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi. I’m having trouble with one of my accounts. I have lost the
>Balance
>>> column and I think I need to make a new account. Is it possible to
>copy
>>> and
>>> paste a whole account into a new account window?
>>>
>>> Thanks, Edwin
>>>
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