Here's a way to do what you need without changing the GNC_*** variables.
I personally have 6 sets of books that I manage and it works for me. You
can have multiple books open at the same time if desired.
Start with the "portableapps" version of Gnucash, downloadable from
portableapps.com
These apps are designed / modified to run off a thumbdrive, and will run
from any disk location you wish. The windows registry is not involved.
In a way it's similar to the way DOS 2.0 software worked. Everything,
both software and data are stored in the directory structure for the
app. You can move everything to another machine, or another directory
with a simple drag/drop operation. Since the registry is not used,
windows neither knows, nor cares about the locations.
Here are the steps:
1. Download the portable version of Gnucash and install wherever you want.
2. Create a data directory wherever, and copy all the files from your
current data directory to that location.
3. Create a shortcut to the exe similar to this:
Target: E:\PortApps\PortableApps\GnuCashPortable\GnuCashPortable.exe
--nofile
Start in: E:\PortApps\PortableApps\GnuCashPortable
These are my shortcut targets, adjust yours as needed. Note the -nofile
parameter. This keeps GnuCash from trying to open possibly non-existing
data files.
Start up GnuCash and then File > Open. Navigate to the location of the
data files and select the one you want. And away you go.
Gnucash will save the locations of the most recently used files so you
won't have to "navigate" to data location again.
I'm using version 2.6, but expect your version will work similarly.
regards,
David
On 4/13/2025 4:40 PM, Griffin wrote:
I have reset my Windows 10 computer so that apps are stored on a
separate drive from the OS. I'm told that it makes things simpler
i/when you need to restore the OS.
My data is on a separate drive too, and now I want to change the
location of the two items currently stored in my AppData folder.
I see the Help window, and I've looked into the wiki, but I cannot
find a reference to either GNC-USERDATA_DIR, or GNC_USERCONFIG_DIR.
I did initially think that clicking on the link in the about window
would allow me to change the location, but that is apparently not so.
So how do I change these locations?
Louise
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