On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 10:15 AM Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:
> This is an update of sorts of a long series of messages here since I had > an issue with saving my transactions at the end of July. > > I was unable to copy and send GNU files to the kind people who tried to > help me. I have no idea why, copy and paste after changing to the file > type required just did not work. > > There were many messages concerning why I seemed to have more than one > set of GNU files with different user names, and at different times. > > I have now downloaded all the files containing "GNU" for the period of > July 2023. > > There is bewildering list with an equally bewildering number of names, > suffixes, etc., such as - > > 16 files of type - gnucash.trace.YXDV81.log each one duplicated and > where only the alphanumeric is different > > A large number of 'shortcuts' and many files which I think are backups > with several date strings in the same file. > > I have not been able to decipher these nor files with .msf or .gcm or > .dmp or GnuCash_is1 !! > > Maybe I have made numerous errors, and unwittingly put files in > different places or formats, but..... I am a longtime user of GNU, most > of the current longer files start with GNU FEB 12 2019.gnucash..... > > Finally, all the files I have now are in Documents > (C:\users\administrato) with various sub-addresses. That seems to have > sorted the issue with one of the issues raised in a message - > > "Be sure you aren't confusing the two users on your system! (one is > "Barry Mahon" and the other is "administrato"" > > > Any help at this stage would be welcome. I have a tax declaration to do > by mid November. > > I would be willing to start all over again and re-enter the 2022 > transactions, the tax year concerned, and create a new 2023 set of > transactions to continue. > > Finbar > I'm glad all of the files are under one user now... make sure that you access them with the same user, or (if you are an advanced user, set the permissions accordingly). The file that holds the GnuCash data has an extension of ".gnucash" - you can ignore the other files for the time being. Your main file should be "what-you-called-it.gnucash" (for example, "Finbar.gnucash"). If you don't have one of those files, you have trouble... all the similar-looking files are backup files with the numbers being year-month-day-hour-minute-second (using the sample name above, "Finbar.20230822072234.gnucash"). If your main file is missing, can you restore it from a backup? If so, restore it, and then start GnuCash and use the File->Open to open that restored file... you should enter any data you have missing and use this file as your file henceforth. If you cannot restore your main file, you will need to pick a backup file, and start with it. I don't know which would be the best backup file, as I seem to recall that you have been doing edits on various files. You will have to decide which is best... possibly, the one with the latest "Modified" date. Also, I'm not sure how to open a backup file, because (on my iMac), the File->Open option does not let me see backup files. You may need to create a copy of the backup file and call it your main file. You should then start GnuCash and use File->Open to open that file. You'll need to correct anything that is wrong and then go forward. Because of all the confusion, after you are SURE you have a good main file again, you might want to clear out the old backup files and start fresh. You control how long to keep backup files in the "General" tab of the preferences. As a safety precaution, I would certainly backup the files that you have. I created a folder just for my GnuCash data files (separate from the install folder). All it contains are .gnucash files and .log files (and, of course, the LCK file when I'm running GnuCash). I like this because all it contains are the data files... this may be worth considering for you. Once you have your file fixed up, you can use the File->Save As to put your data file in its own place. I never click on a file to open it; I always open GnuCash application... it seems to always open the last file that was being worked on. Best wishes to you... I hope this helped. _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
