> On Sep 14, 2019, at 5:11 PM, Mike or Penny Novack > <stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On 9/13/2019 1:50 PM, Bob Hammons wrote: >> The trouble was Windows Defender in a recent update blocked Gnucash, >> Quicken and Open Office data directories. >> This was in the Ransom ware section >> Here is a website that explains how to fix this >> .......... >> Wasn't very nice of MS to do this without any notice that these programs >> would be blocked >> Thanks again for you help I did learn a little more about Windows but >> something new will pop up I am sure. > That does not seem to me to be much of an explanation. I don't know about > Quicken, but with either OpenOffice (I use LibreOffice) or Gnucash the "data > directories" (the directory in which the data lives AND where the lock file > will be created) is up to you. Certainly MS didn't block "Documents" (the > parent directory where LibreOffice documents likely placed). > Well, actually, yes.
And it makes sense. They’re trying to protect you from ransomware - software that encrypts your stuff and then offers to give you the decryption key if you pay up. The idea is that a known list of applications are allowed to touch files in the protected directories, and you can add trusted applications to that list. From the first page of the web site linked in the previous message: > > Controlled folder access applies to a number of system folders and default > locations, including folders such as Documents, Pictures, Movies, and Desktop. _______________________________________________ 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.
