Well said. I was wondering when someone would point out that it is somewhat
odd to save data files to the desktop.


On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:

> On 1/17/2025 5:50 AM, Geoff wrote:
> > Hi John, and welcome to the wonderful world of GunCash!
> >
> > To answer your question:
> >
> > > Each time I close the program a .log file appears on my
> > > desktop.  How do I stop this?
> >
> > Edit -> Preferences -> General -> Retain log/backup files -> Never
>
> Perhaps more to the point. The session saves (log file and back-up) are
> put into the same directory (file folder) as you have the data file
> (your books)
>
> WHY is that location your desktop. Your desktop should be occupied by
> SHORTCUTS (icons) pointing to applications and data. But not the data
> itself. That would best be in directories (file folders) like
> "documents", etc.
>
> << This is not specific to gnucash ---- unless you have very little data
> on your computer shouldn't be on the desktop >>
>
> Michael D Novack
>
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