David, Please look again. The metadata file that John referred me to is *exactly* the same one as in the FAQ.
I was just able to solve the problem a few minutes ago by deleting the registry information under HKEY_CURRENT_USER/software/Gsettings. That was where the problem was. I did not try to identify precisely which registry key was at fault, I do not have sufficient knowledge of the software to do so efficiently. Instead I uninstalled, deleted the registry info, manually deleted the %appdata%/gnucash folder for good measure, then reinstalled. And, because this bug (and it is a bug) affects literally every book on the machine, I will have to grab another machine here that I am not using for production, install GnuCash, and try to replicate it there so I can submit a proper bug report. Thanks, Scott On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 9:15 PM David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > Scott, > > The metadata file that John referred you to is not FAQ that you checked > but a file on your hard drive. The exact location depends on your os. > Look under Configuration section of <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Backup> > to find it. > > On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 6:11 PM Scott Traurig <scott.trau...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi John, >> >> Respectfully, this is beyond the user-list. That list has come up dry, and >> the conventional FAQ answer is not working. >> >> The relevant FAQ entry: >> >> < >> >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_resize_my_register_columns.3F_Why_can_I_not_shrink_the_description_column.3F >> > >> >> That FAQ entry looked promising, but it did not solve the problem. There >> are no entries in the .gcm file showing zero width to edit. >> >> Worse, uninstalling GnuCash and deleting the entire C:\Users\my user >> name\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash directory, including all .gcm files such that >> they would be reconstituted from scratch, does not work either. >> >> Interestingly, somewhere in the system it remembers what book I had open >> even through an uninstall/reinstall cycle. I suspect it has something to >> do >> with that. >> >> And whatever/wherever that data is, it also transcends books. If I create >> an entirely new book, it also immediately has the exact same missing >> column >> label problem >> >> It's also worth noting that the columns themselves are visible with normal >> appearing widths. Only the labels are missing. I've attached a screen >> shot. >> >> Is there another directory somewhere, or a set of registry entries, that >> also need to be deleted? >> >> Thank you, >> >> Scott >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 6:11 PM john <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: >> >> > That's a user-list question. I've changed the CC for your convenience. >> > >> > The file you're looking for is the book's metadata file, see >> > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Metadata_File. It stores among other >> things >> > window sizes and column widths for registers. >> > >> > Regards, >> > John Ralls >> > >> > >> > On Dec 4, 2022, at 1:56 PM, Scott Traurig <scott.trau...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > Dev's, >> > >> > After resizing some column headers in an account, the labels for the >> > Transfer and Reconciled ("R") columns have disappeared. The header >> blocks >> > for both are now combined into a single blank field. >> > >> > I tried un-installing, including manually removing the folders in >> %appdata% >> > and Program Files (x86), but the problem persists after re-installing >> > GnuCash. >> > >> > I grabbed another Windows 10 machine, installed on it, and opened the >> > .gnucash file that I normally use from it's normal directory on my NAS >> > without the same problem appearing--all column headers are fine. So the >> > .gnucash file is OK. >> > >> > Thus it would appear that there is a file that is not removed during a >> > Windows uninstall (or the manual files I deleted), or a registry setting >> > that persists and continues to cause this behavior on my main PC. >> > >> > If someone could identify the offending file or registry setting for me >> so >> > that I can kill it it would be most appreciated. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Scott >> > _______________________________________________ >> > gnucash-devel mailing list >> > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org >> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-devel mailing list >> gnucash-devel@gnucash.org >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel >> > > > -- > David Carlson > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
