Scott, If you still have a copy of the offending registry files in your trash folder, recover it and put it in your bug report. It could help a developer find out what went wrong.
On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 8:37 PM Scott Traurig <scott.trau...@gmail.com> wrote: > David, > > Please look again. The metadata file that John referred me to is *exactly* > the same one as in the FAQ. > > I was just able to solve the problem a few minutes ago by deleting the > registry information under HKEY_CURRENT_USER/software/Gsettings. That was > where the problem was. I did not try to identify precisely which registry > key was at fault, I do not have sufficient knowledge of the software to do > so efficiently. Instead I uninstalled, deleted the registry info, manually > deleted the %appdata%/gnucash folder for good measure, then reinstalled. > > And, because this bug (and it is a bug) affects literally every book on > the machine, I will have to grab another machine here that I am not using > for production, install GnuCash, and try to replicate it there so I can > submit a proper bug report. > > Thanks, > > Scott > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 9:15 PM David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Scott, >> >> The metadata file that John referred you to is not FAQ that you checked >> but a file on your hard drive. The exact location depends on your os. >> Look under Configuration section of <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup> >> to find it. >> >> On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 6:11 PM Scott Traurig <scott.trau...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi John, >>> >>> Respectfully, this is beyond the user-list. That list has come up dry, >>> and >>> the conventional FAQ answer is not working. >>> >>> The relevant FAQ entry: >>> >>> < >>> >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_resize_my_register_columns.3F_Why_can_I_not_shrink_the_description_column.3F >>> > >>> >>> That FAQ entry looked promising, but it did not solve the problem. There >>> are no entries in the .gcm file showing zero width to edit. >>> >>> Worse, uninstalling GnuCash and deleting the entire C:\Users\my user >>> name\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash directory, including all .gcm files such >>> that >>> they would be reconstituted from scratch, does not work either. >>> >>> Interestingly, somewhere in the system it remembers what book I had open >>> even through an uninstall/reinstall cycle. I suspect it has something to >>> do >>> with that. >>> >>> And whatever/wherever that data is, it also transcends books. If I create >>> an entirely new book, it also immediately has the exact same missing >>> column >>> label problem >>> >>> It's also worth noting that the columns themselves are visible with >>> normal >>> appearing widths. Only the labels are missing. I've attached a screen >>> shot. >>> >>> Is there another directory somewhere, or a set of registry entries, that >>> also need to be deleted? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Scott >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 6:11 PM john <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: >>> >>> > That's a user-list question. I've changed the CC for your convenience. >>> > >>> > The file you're looking for is the book's metadata file, see >>> > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Metadata_File. It stores among other >>> things >>> > window sizes and column widths for registers. >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > John Ralls >>> > >>> > >>> > On Dec 4, 2022, at 1:56 PM, Scott Traurig <scott.trau...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Dev's, >>> > >>> > After resizing some column headers in an account, the labels for the >>> > Transfer and Reconciled ("R") columns have disappeared. The header >>> blocks >>> > for both are now combined into a single blank field. >>> > >>> > I tried un-installing, including manually removing the folders in >>> %appdata% >>> > and Program Files (x86), but the problem persists after re-installing >>> > GnuCash. >>> > >>> > I grabbed another Windows 10 machine, installed on it, and opened the >>> > .gnucash file that I normally use from it's normal directory on my NAS >>> > without the same problem appearing--all column headers are fine. So the >>> > .gnucash file is OK. >>> > >>> > Thus it would appear that there is a file that is not removed during a >>> > Windows uninstall (or the manual files I deleted), or a registry >>> setting >>> > that persists and continues to cause this behavior on my main PC. >>> > >>> > If someone could identify the offending file or registry setting for >>> me so >>> > that I can kill it it would be most appreciated. >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > >>> > Scott >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > gnucash-devel mailing list >>> > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org >>> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-devel mailing list >>> gnucash-devel@gnucash.org >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel >>> >> >> >> -- >> David Carlson >> > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
