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

[Michael or Penny Novack]

On 2/21/2026 12:30 PM, Jerry Criswell (JC) wrote:
> I, too, am having trouble finding files.  I backed up .gnucash a while 
> back and now I can't find it to save my life.  It is buried somewhere 
> deep in Linux Mint 22.3.  I went to the wiki and tried its suggestion 
> to try and find GSETTINGS. It said go to /org/gnucash.  I don't have 
> an org directory under either Home or file system.  To me that means 
> the wiki is unusable.  Where are all the files I need to save on my 
> system?

a) This isn't REALLY a gnucash question, since "I made a copy of a file, 
can't remember what I called it or in what directory I put it" affects 
FAR more than gnucash.

b) For backups, create a directory withing your user directory giving it 
a meaningful name like "Backups". Put any backup copies in this 
directory, again using  meaningful name. I always incorporate the Julian 
sate in the name so no mistake which backup the latest.

    Thus for your backup for gnucash I might use 
gnucashbooksyyyymmdd.gnucash

NOW for you, to recover, not knowing the name or where.

1) MAYBE you kept the file extension .gnucash  --- search for all such 
files. If you don;t know how to do that, again, not a gnucash issue but 
a "how do I use linux" issue.

2) MAYBE you remember approximately when you made this backup copy. Look 
at all files created around that date. Again, how to do tat a linux user 
issue.

Michael D Novack

PS -- You SHOULD have an organized process to back up ALL your user data.