I did not address the failure to print problem. That is probably not related to the .chk files but something else. Can you print reorts?
David C On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:42 AM David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > HB, > > Windows always calls *.chk files 'Recovered File Fragments' > > If the files are in the 'C:\Program Files > (x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash\checks' directory they are not fragments but > the files that you want, at least for 2.6.x releases of GnuCash in > Windows. You can open them (carefully) with Wordpad and see what they > contain. If you made custom check printing formats they may be somewhere > else, I have not tried that. > > David C > > On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 10:22 AM HB Sidman via gnucash-user < > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> After using gnucash for several years I decided it was time to upgrade >> from 2 to 3 a few months ago. Bad decision. If it is not broken don't >> fix it. The upgrade went smoothly with no problem. Every function worked >> both old and new. Until I tried to print a check. At which point nothing >> happened with the printer. After a 2 or 3 minutes I got a warning >> message that my check file was a fragment. I went into the system to >> verify that and found that all the .chk files were fragments. I tried to >> reload new files but they kept being replaced by the fragments. >> >> Step 2: I went back gnucash 2 last stable version on line. It reloaded >> without a problem but still could not print checks. Same problem. >> >> Step 3: Loaded gnucash 2 on a laptop that had never had it on it before. >> Then took a saved file from 3 months before the problem happened and >> loaded it. Once again everything went fine until I tried to print. Then >> was presented the same problem of .chk file fragments and not being able >> to replace them. >> >> Step 4: Using the laptop as my test bed, I removed everything gnucash >> from the hard drive. Search the C drive for any thing left and removed >> it as the administrator. Then did a search for .chk and found 4 files >> buried on the C drive - all fragments. I could delete them but they >> would come right back as soon as I restarted the computer. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated - I am getting tired of hand >> writing all of my checks. >> >> I am running Windows 10 on all of my computers and they are all >> completely up to date. >> >> Thanks, >> >> HB >> >> >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >> https://www.avg.com >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > _______________________________________________ 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.
