David,
The Windows defender controlled folder access feature is confusing to me. Can’t figure out how to add a program to the approved list. For now, I just turned it off. I couldn’t find the program file for GnuCash to add it to the list. Not sure where it is in the Program Files (x86)/GnuCash. Thinking back, I’m not sure Windows Defender responded to the accounting entry or to something else that GnuCash was doing. I got a message similar to when you accidently try to open GnuCash twice or after it shuts down improperly. It happened several times. Thanks, Roger From: David Carlson [mailto:david.carlson....@gmail.com] Sent: martes, 20 de febrero de 2018 11:01 p. m. To: John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> Cc: Roger Oliver <rmom...@gmail.com>; Derek Atkins <warl...@mit.edu>; Gnucash <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: Re: Language change mystery Roger, Do you have your data file in a user documents folder or sub-folder with full read and write privileges? Windows Defender should not be interfering with access to your data file. If that new Controlled Folder Access feature is that fussy... David C On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 9:07 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us <mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us> > wrote: > On Feb 20, 2018, at 12:14 PM, rmom...@gmail.com <mailto:rmom...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Thanks Derek, > > I changed the OS language back to English and restarted the computer, > several times. This did not change the language back to English. > > Windows Defender Controlled Folder Access blocked GnuCash from making > changes to the data file. At first, it even blocked adding a new > transaction. I turned off the controlled folder access feature. > > I read the instructions at the link. The version of GnuCash I have installed > is 2.6.18. I tried to follow the instructions to edit the environment file > at c:\\Program Files\gnucash\etc\gnucash. But I don't have an editor for > that type of file or an option to open it as administrator. So, I'm not sure > what to do with that. > > Might it work to uninstall and reinstall the program? Does the uninstall > remove the data files? I have a backup, just a matter of making sure it is > up to date. > You do have an editor: Notepad. It comes with Windows. Just click the Start menu and then type the name to find it. Once it’s visible in the menu bar, right-click on it and select “run as administrator” to get the privilege escalation to edit environment. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
