[GNC] maxfiles not changing list in app

[Jared Squires]

Just did that, here is the output:

jared at jared-MS-7E26:~$ dconf dump /org/gnucash/GnuCash/history/
[/]
file0='/media/jared/Jared_s Files/GnuCash/xx1.gnucash'
file1='/media/jared/Jared_s Files/GnuCash/xx2.gnucash'
file2='/media/jared/Jared_s Files/GnuCash/xx3.gnucash'
file3='/media/jared/Jared_s Files/GnuCash/xx4.gnucash'
file4='/media/jared/Jared_s Files/GnuCash/xx5.gnucash'
jared at jared-MS-7E26:~$ dconf write /org/gnucash/GnuCash/history/maxfiles 8
jared at jared-MS-7E26:~$ dconf dump /org/gnucash/GnuCash/history/
[/]
file0='/media/jared/Jared_s Files/GnuCash/xx1.gnucash'
file1='/media/jared/Jared_s Files/GnuCash/xx2.gnucash'
file2='/media/jared/Jared_s Files/GnuCash/xx3.gnucash'
file3='/media/jared/Jared_s Files/GnuCash/xx4.gnucash'
file4='/media/jared/Jared_s Files/GnuCash/xx5.gnucash'
maxfiles=8
jared at jared-MS-7E26:~$

That did not change the files in the list... I will say, that the first 
"dump" command lists the files in a different order than what was in the 
Recent Files list in GnuCash.

I installed VER 5.14 from the Flathub repository, not the Mint Software 
Manager.  When I go to About GnuCash I get this:

GNC_DATA_HOME: /home/jared/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data/gnucash 
(User modifiable)
GNC_CONFIG_HOME: /home/jared/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/config/gnucash 
(User modifiable)
GNC_BIN: /app/bin
GNC_LIB: /app/lib/gnucash
GNC_CONF: /app/etc/gnucash
GNC_DATA: /app/share/gnucash

I'm wondering if it's reading the recent files from a different place?

In the 
/var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/9241a2690470b7cd8f995c29f1e2554b8cc7342e103e6fc4b7908e3f943bd188/files/etc/gnucash/environment 
file it does say:

# GnuCash was not installed in the default location.
# XDG_DATA_DIRS will be set so that our documentation
# and gsettings schema are found.
XDG_DATA_DIRS={GNC_HOME}/share;{XDG_DATA_DIRS};/usr/local/share;/usr/share

Do I need to uninstall everything, delete any GnuCash file I find and 
install it again?

Jared

On 1/20/26 4:51 PM, Maf. King wrote:
> 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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