[GNC] maxfiles not changing list in app

[Jared Squires]

I edited the /home/jared/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/config/g-lib-2.0/settings/keyfile with the maxvalues=8 and that worked. Thank you.

On 1/21/26 11:08 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:

> I would think instead that you need to find that history file in the
> flatpak path and change it there.
>
> Perhaps, if you have the repo version installed, remove it and any
> associated settings info in your home directory.
>
> Regards,
> Adrien
>
> On 1/21/26 8:31 AM, Jared Squires via gnucash-user wrote:
>
>> 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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