While I agree that it seems somewhat unusual to save data files to the desk top, I take exception to any generalization about how people use the desktop. Personally, I don't put anything on it, and find it odd when I see someone's machine with rows and rows of icons on their desktop. But personal preferences vary. Perhaps different OSes tend to encourage different strategies as well.
Best wishes, Will On 17 Jan 2025, at 11:29, R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com> wrote: 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- _________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
