Hi Norbert, When you run GnuCash for the first time there is no existing file. If you go to the menu File->Save As you will get a dialogue allowing you to select a location on your hard disk in which to save the file and give it a name. It is generally recommended that you create a directory in which to sabve the file for each set of books you create. The dialogue will allow you to create a new directory and name it as well as give a name to the GnuCash data file. Once you have saved the file to the desired location you can then start setting up the Chart of Accounts. The window will have opened with an accounts tab open. If you then click on the Actions->New Account Heirarchy you can select from some of the presetup account heirarchies and add and remove accounts as you need.
David Cousens On Thu, 2024-07-04 at 14:30 +0700, Norbert Klein via gnucash-user wrote: > My name is Norbert Klein, German, since 1990 in Cambodia, 90 years > old, > but still alive and interested. > > After this self-introduction, I would like to ask for your help. I > read > since some days the GnuCash user mailing list, and I see the many > detailed qestion raised and responded. Several years ago, I had been > using GnuCash, but because of changed working responsibilities this > had > been given up – and I do not have any copies. But the new task is > similar: to set up a general income-and-expenses system, with the two > currencies US$ and Cambodian/Khmer Riel – with the widely used fixed > rate of US$1.00 to Riel 4,000. > > Then I tried to clean my Windows 10 notebook from any remaining old > “*gnu*” file which might have reamined from before. > > I downloaded gnucash-5.7.setup.exe and started the installation, and > the > installation happened in > > C:\System\ProgramFiles(x86)\gnucash > > I was happy to see that also a GnuCash icon had been created on the > desktop, and I hoped I could now start to set up the GnuCash program > – > but here my frustration started. > > I tried for several hours to solve it – in vain. I describe here what > I > got, and I ask for your advice. > > After clicking on the GnuCash icon, I get – only very short – a kind > of > general GnuCash display picture, and then a GnuCash Tip-of-the-Day. > These disappear quickly, and a full screen field shows up: > > Unsaved Book - GnuCash > > File Edit View Actions Business Reports Tools > Windows Help (9 items) > > Save Close > (with a grayed out Down Arrow) (with a crossed out x-sign) > > When click I see: When click I see: > Save the current file. Close the current active page. > > But I cannot use these activations – but I can close the whole > screen. > > I had also tried the 9 items above – but I did not find out where > these > contacts would lead me. > > So I am totally frustrated, and I started to write to the help list. > > Please help. > > Norbert > > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.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 > ----- > 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
