[GNC] maxfiles not changing list in app

[Maf. King]

Hi Jared.

what output do you get from the command

 dconf dump /org/gnucash/GnuCash/history/

it should return a list of the recently opened files and one integer parameter, 
maxfiles=n

if that is not set to your liking, a command like

dconf write /org/gnucash/GnuCash/history/maxfiles 8

might help.  plus restart GC, of course.

HTH,
Maf.


On Tuesday, 20 January 2026 19:25:18 GMT Jared Squires via gnucash-user wrote:
> I'm running Linux Mint 22.3, I have used the dconf editor and edited the
> file
> /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.gnucash.GnuCash.history.gschema.xml. I
> confirmed the default number is now 8.
> 
> <schemalist gettext-domain="gnucash">
>    <schema id="org.gnucash.GnuCash.history"
> path="/org/gnucash/GnuCash/history/">
>      <key name="maxfiles" type="i">
>        <default>8</default>
>        <summary>Number of files in history</summary>
>        <description>This setting contains the number of files to keep in
> the Recently Opened Files menu. This value may be set to zero to disable
> the file history. This number has a maximum value of 10.</description>
> 
> However, the menu only lists 4 files.
> 
> If I check the config/glib-2.0/setting/keyfile it lists the last 6 files
> I opened.
> 
> [org/gnucash/GnuCash/history]
> file0='/media/jared/Jared_s Files/GnuCash/xx1.gnucash'
> file2='/media/jared/Jared_s Files/GnuCash/xx2.gnucash'
> file4='/media/jared/Jared_s Files/GnuCash/xx3.gnucash'
> file1='/media/jared/Jared_s Files/GnuCash/xx4.gnucash'
> file3='/media/jared/Jared_s Files/GnuCash/xx5.gnucash'
> file5='/media/jared/Jared_s Files/GnuCash/xx6.gnucash'
> 
> I changed the file names to xx#
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Jared
> 
> 
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