[GNC] Unable to use GnuCash with Dropbox or OneDrive

[Fred Bone]

On 05 April 2026 at 12:00, Dimitrios Dalagiorgos said:

> Dear all,
> 
> I have two laptops. Both are configured to use OneDrive and Dropbox.
> 
> I used to save my .gnucash file on a Dropbox folder and as long as I used
> only Laptop A, everything worked fine.
> 
> When I open the same file from Dropbox on Laptop B, make a change, and try
> to save it, I get the following error message:
> 
> Gnucash could not write to [path]. That database may be on a read-only
> file > system, you may not have write permission for the directory or your
> > anti-virus softare is preventing this action.
> 
> 
> Saving works only on a local folder, e.g. Documents, or Desktop. Trying to
> save it on OneDrive, or Dropbox, even with a different filename, doesn't
> work.
> 
> I don't understand why.

Can you create a new .TXT (for example) file in that directory? If not 
then it isn't a Gnucash problem but a Dropbox / Onedrive configuration 
problem.