[GNC] How to "move" or "recreate" my GNU 5.12 that is on Windows 10 computer over to 5.12 on Windows 11 computer

[Tom Teixeira]

If you just copy your .gnucash data file, you will be missing any saved 
settings for importing CVS transactions and any saved reports. There are 
also style sheets, and customizations to other GUI settings that are not 
part of the .gnucash data files.

On my Mac, these seem to be in (showing forward slash as a directory 
separator - Windows would have back slash):

GNC_DATA_HOME or GNC_CONFIG_HOME - these are identical on my system

     Books/<datafile>.gnucash.gcm - has saved CVS import settings and 
settings for register pages

     config/saved-reports-2.8 - has what you saved under   Reports > 
Saved Report Configurations


On 2/20/26 7:11 AM, Paul Feakins via gnucash-user wrote:
> Hi Joseph,
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> That doesn't sound difficult at all, you just have to install GnuCash 
> on the Win 11 Laptop, copy the .gnucash file over and open in there.
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> Unless I'm missing something obvious.
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> On 20/02/2026 17:06, Joseph Hymel via gnucash-user wrote:
>> Hello,I need help as the subject line states. I am not a computer 
>> tech guy and am really the accounting guy using Gnucash. I installed 
>> 5.12 on my Win 11 laptop. I then exported to CSV files from my 5.12 
>> on Win 10 desktop the following: Account Register, Account Tree, and 
>> Account Transactions. I next exported Accounts to whatever file type 
>> it is. I assumed I could then open 5.12 on my Win 11 laptop and 
>> import same files. That did not happen as planned.
>> I have years of work in my 5.12 Win 10 machine that must be able to 
>> be salvaged for the Win 11 instance of 5.12. Please help me recreate 
>> it on the Win 11 laptop. I also have numerous reports that I have 
>> created.
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