Now that you have found them do remember to make regular backups to a removable usb drive or something, that is not permanently plugged into your computer, and also backup any other important files/documents you have. Remember that a PC or drive can go up in smoke (literally or metaphorically) at any time, taking your data with it. You should also have an occasional offsite backup in case of fire/theft or similar catastrophe.
Colin On 29 November 2017 at 07:36, Ian McAllister <[email protected]> wrote: > A big thanks to everybody who tried to help me to recover from the crash. > It's fixed! > > The trouble is that I don't have a good enough memory for the half-million > files on my hard drive. > > I just spotted that I had two folders in my data folder (which doesn't get > wiped each time that Windows crashes) for personal accounts and business > accounts. All that I needed to do was to reinstall GnuCash then tell it to > open file. Then I had to navigate to one of the two discovered folders and > open the folder - not one of the files. Then I did the same with the other, > and everything is set up again. > > Now I've re-named the files with gnucash in the name which might help my > memory - e.g. AccountsBusinessGnucash2017 > > Thanks for your help - I hated the idea of re-entering half a year of > bookkeeping. > > Ian McAllister > > > On 29/11/2017 01:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Send gnucash-user mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of gnucash-user digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Gncash 2.6.17 crash on Mac Os High Sierra 10.13.Beta >> (Alexis Lucena Torrellas) >> 2. Re: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 176, Issue 55 (Frank H. Ellenberger) >> 3. Feedback for 2.7.2 on Windows (Alen Siljak) >> 4. Re: Alphavantage not working in gnucash 2.6.17 (John Ralls) >> 5. MacOS Sierra - Upgrade Problems (Fiona Vella) >> 6. Re: GnuCash release numbering (Alan Whiteman) >> 7. Re: MacOS Sierra - Upgrade Problems (Gerry Starnes) >> 8. Re: MacOS Sierra - Upgrade Problems (Christoph R) >> 9. Re: MacOS Sierra - Upgrade Problems (Fiona Vella) >> 10. Re: Alphavantage not working in gnucash 2.6.17 (Patrick Alken) >> 11. Slow startup on Windows 10, v2.6.18 (Steve Goings) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 07:01:13 -0400 >> From: Alexis Lucena Torrellas <[email protected]> >> To: Christoph R <[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Gncash 2.6.17 crash on Mac Os High Sierra 10.13.Beta >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> Thank you very much, I did it and I can use the program again ... I do not >> know how much I appreciate it, I thank you very much ... >> >> Blessings! >> >>> El 28 nov. 2017, a las 6:32 a. m., Christoph R >>> <[email protected]> escribi?: >>> >>> Use the current release (2.6.18). It is out there >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Christoph >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:51:13 +0100 >> From: "Frank H. Ellenberger" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected], [email protected] >> Subject: Re: gnucash-user Digest, Vol 176, Issue 55 >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> Am 28.11.2017 um 04:44 schrieb Ian McAllister: >>> >>> Thanks David, >>> >>> I searched my backup disk, and found 473 instances of .gnucash but no >>> files with the right name, but without the .gcm at the end. >>> >>> I suppose I'll just have to start with a new installation, and put in >>> data from my bank for five months. >>> >>> Ian McAllister >> >> If you have a copy of the windows registry in your backup, search it for >> keys similar to "org.gnucash.history" file0 ... should contain the path >> of your recent used data files. >> >> Usually they should be in your home directory, but not in its .gnucash >> directory. >> >> HTH >> Frank >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 14:53:16 +0100 >> From: "Alen Siljak" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Feedback for 2.7.2 on Windows >> Message-ID: >> >> <trinity-9a16ee0c-c366-4558-9548-154ed6b4555a-1511877196598@3c-app-mailcom-bs15> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> Hi! >> >> This is my first post to the list and I'm still figuring out where all >> the different pieces of information should be addressed. I'm not sure >> if there is a specific channel for the unstable version feedback, >> apart >> from BugZilla. >> I had a brief run of the 2.7.2 version of GnuCash on Windows 10. It >> took a while to start the first time but everything went well there. >> The application seems quicker and more responsive than 2.6.18 in >> general. >> One thing I noticed, though, is that no custom reports were available >> in the Reports menu even though the settings were correctly copied to >> the new location in the roaming profile folder. >> >> Other than that, I'd like to thank you very much for this software >> package. I've followed it for years but have only made the switch >> recently. I'm still in the process of migrating the data. I really >> like >> being able to run my own reports on the data and, in that regard, I >> hope for more extensibility in the future. Python bindings are a great >> idea but they are currrently not available on Windows. >> Fortunately, Sebastien provided some wonderful functionality for >> Python >> in the form of piecash and gnucash-utilities project. I'm writing some >> portfolio tools and reports that I find missing in GnuCash, on top of >> those two projects, in https://github.com/MisterY/gnucash-portfolio. >> We'll see what this grows into and/if these get merged. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Alen >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 06:50:59 -0800 >> From: John Ralls <[email protected]> >> To: Patrick Alken <[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Alphavantage not working in gnucash 2.6.17 >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> >> >>> On Nov 27, 2017, at 9:57 PM, Patrick Alken <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Apologies if this has already been asked, but I couldn't find this exact >>> issue in the recent mailings. >>> >>> I have: >>> >>> gnucash: 2.6.17 >>> >>> F::Q: 1.47 >>> >>> My F::Q works from the command line: >>> >>> ---------- >>> >>> $ gnc-fq-dump alphavantage CSCO >>> Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses: >>> symbol: CSCO <=== required >>> date: 11/27/2017 <=== recommended >>> currency: USD <=== required >>> last: 36.8700 <=\ >>> nav: <=== one of these >>> price: <=/ >>> timezone: <=== optional >>> ---------- >>> >>> However inside gnucash price editor I still get the "unknown error when >>> retrieving price quotes". >>> >>> I have unchecked the "Get Online Quotes" flag from ALL of my stocks in >>> the security editor. However the price editor still gives me the same >>> error (unknown error). >>> >>> gnucash --debug shows nothing related to quotes. I only get lines like >>> this: >>> >>> ---- >>> >>> * 22:34:53 INFO <gnc.account> [xaccAccountGetBalanceInCurrency] >>> baln=0/1 >>> * 22:34:53 INFO <gnc.account> [xaccAccountGetBalanceInCurrency] >>> baln=0/100 >>> * 22:34:53 INFO <gnc.account> [xaccAccountGetBalanceInCurrency] >>> baln=0/100 >>> * 22:34:53 INFO <gnc.account> [xaccAccountGetBalanceInCurrency] >>> baln=0/100 >>> >>> ---- >>> >>> Can anyone advise how to diagnose the issue? >> >> What OS and how did you install F::Q? >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 5 >> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 10:10:21 -0500 >> From: Fiona Vella <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: MacOS Sierra - Upgrade Problems >> Message-ID: >> >> <CA+5H=d99w0e5-xgepwr+a2zdxzvydd5p_0q461h3yih29vx...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> Hello all, >> >> I recently upgraded to MacOS High Sierra and now the Gnucash application >> will no longer open. Have others experienced this problem elsewhere? Is >> there a fix? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 6 >> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 07:27:55 -0800 >> From: Alan Whiteman <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: GnuCash release numbering >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed >> >> Thank you Eric for such a thorough explanation. Very nice. >> >> I think my point is purely from a marketing perspective. For the >> number-inclined people such as accountants and software developers, this >> all makes perfect sense. However, for the ordinary folk the system can >> be confusing. So perhaps a sort of "cosmetic" version system may be >> employed? >> >> 2.6.18 -> "Version 26" >> >> 2.7.0 -> "Version 27" >> >> 2.7.1 -> Version 28" >> >> ...etc. >> >> Although to be perfectly honest, "stable release" is clearly labeled on >> the website. >> >> On 11/27/2017 07:59 PM, Eric Siegerman wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 02:14:31PM -0500, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>> Yes, 2.6.18 is newer. Each number between the periods is a >>>> separate number and 18 is greater than 3. >>> >>> To expand on that: software version numbers don't work like >>> decimal fractions, even though they use "." as a separator. >>> Think of "2.6.18" as a series of (multi-digit) integers, and >>> compare each integer in turn until you find one that differs: >>> 2 = 2 >>> 6 = 6 >>> 18 > 3 <--- Bingo! >>> >>> To put it another way: unlike in mathematics, "2.6.3" and >>> "2.6.30" are *not* equal. (GnuCash 2.6.30 doesn't exist -- nor, >>> I imagine, will it ever exist, because the whole 2.6.x series >>> will reach end-of-life long before it gets twelve more releases.) >>> >>> It gets weirder; I oversimplified, above. The individual >>> components of a version number are not always integers. There >>> can be other characters as well, usually letters. Worse, what >>> those letters mean depends on the project. >>> >>> In some projects, "3a" comes before "3". To invent an example, >>> "4.7.3a1" might be the first "alpha testing" pre-release. Then >>> "beta" releases like 4.7.3b1; then "release candidates" like >>> 4.7.3rc1; and finally the *real* release, 4.7.3 itself. >>> >>> In other projects, it's the other way around -- something like >>> "3a" comes *after* "3". >>> >>> GnuCash works the second way. It had 2.6.17a and 2.6.17b as >>> *very* minor post-release corrections to 2.6.17. Typically >>> one tries to avoid needing these post-release fixups, and in >>> fact GnuCash 2.6.18 hasn't needed any ... but sometimes stuff >>> happens... >>> >>> One wants the world of computers to be as logical as Mr. Spock, >>> but alas, we humans seem able to make a confusing mess out of >>> anything :-/ >>> >>>> In general, do not download the 2.7.x versions as those are >>>> beta releases for the next version unless you are testing those >>>> with other data (i.e., don't run a 2.7 with the only copy of >>>> your actual data file). >>> >>> The way GnuCash distinguishes testing prereleases is with odd vs. >>> even numbers for the second component. The 2.6.x series are >>> "stable", i.e. intended for production use. There are already >>> several 2.7.x releases, but those are "unstable"; they're only >>> for testing, *not* production use. Once the 2.7.x series >>> stabilizes, they'll release 2.8.0, which will be the first stable >>> release of the new series. So: >>> >>> 2.6.3 <--- Several years old now >>> ... >>> 2.6.16 >>> 2.6.17 >>> 2.6.17a >>> 2.6.17b >>> 2.6.18 <--- The current stable release. INSTALL THIS ONE. >>> >>> 2.7.0 \ These already exist ... >>> 2.7.1 | ... but they're for testing only. >>> 2.7.2 / DO NOT USE them for real work! >>> >>> ------------ <--- (2017-11-27. Below here is in the future.) >>> >>> 2.6.19 <--- The next stable release in the 2.6.x series >>> 2.7.3 <--- The next testing release >>> 2.6.x <--- Repeat as necessary ... >>> 2.7.y <--- ... until ... >>> >>> 2.8.0 <--- The first stable release of the new series >>> 2.8.1 <--- And so on >>> ... >>> 2.9.0 <--- First of the testing prereleases leading up to >>> 2.10.0 >>> >>> >>> - Eric >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 7 >> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:28:09 -0600 >> From: Gerry Starnes <[email protected]> >> To: Fiona Vella <[email protected]> >> Cc: Gnucash User List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: MacOS Sierra - Upgrade Problems >> Message-ID: >> >> <cak8d83frw-esdgypbrnttudw-d5eawqzt2kbhp2p3xj6m7s...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> Yes. Upgraded to latest version. Problem solved. >> >> GS >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 9:10 AM, Fiona Vella <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I recently upgraded to MacOS High Sierra and now the Gnucash application >>> will no longer open. Have others experienced this problem elsewhere? Is >>> there a fix? >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> 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. >>> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 8 >> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:29:30 +0100 >> From: Christoph R <[email protected]> >> To: Fiona Vella <[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: MacOS Sierra - Upgrade Problems >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> Hi Fiona, >> >> upgrade to the latest version (2.6.18) from http://www.gnucash.org >> >> Cheers, >> Christoph >> >>> Am 28.11.2017 um 16:10 schrieb Fiona Vella <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I recently upgraded to MacOS High Sierra and now the Gnucash application >>> will no longer open. Have others experienced this problem elsewhere? Is >>> there a fix? >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> 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. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 9 >> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 10:35:20 -0500 >> From: Fiona Vella <[email protected]> >> To: Christoph R <[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: MacOS Sierra - Upgrade Problems >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> Thanks all! >> >>> On Nov 28, 2017, at 10:29 AM, Christoph R >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Fiona, >>> >>> upgrade to the latest version (2.6.18) from http://www.gnucash.org >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Christoph >>> >>>> Am 28.11.2017 um 16:10 schrieb Fiona Vella <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> I recently upgraded to MacOS High Sierra and now the Gnucash application >>>> will no longer open. Have others experienced this problem elsewhere? Is >>>> there a fix? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> 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. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 10 >> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:46:25 -0700 >> From: Patrick Alken <[email protected]> >> To: John Ralls <[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Alphavantage not working in gnucash 2.6.17 >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed >> >> My OS is Ubuntu linux 17.10 >> >> and I installed F::Q via CPAN (gnc-fq-dump and gnc-fq-helper work ok >> from the commandline with alphavantage) >> >> On 11/28/2017 07:50 AM, John Ralls wrote: >>>> >>>> On Nov 27, 2017, at 9:57 PM, Patrick Alken <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Apologies if this has already been asked, but I couldn't find this exact >>>> issue in the recent mailings. >>>> >>>> I have: >>>> >>>> gnucash: 2.6.17 >>>> >>>> F::Q: 1.47 >>>> >>>> My F::Q works from the command line: >>>> >>>> ---------- >>>> >>>> $ gnc-fq-dump alphavantage CSCO >>>> Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses: >>>> symbol: CSCO <=== required >>>> date: 11/27/2017 <=== recommended >>>> currency: USD <=== required >>>> last: 36.8700 <=\ >>>> nav: <=== one of these >>>> price: <=/ >>>> timezone: <=== optional >>>> ---------- >>>> >>>> However inside gnucash price editor I still get the "unknown error when >>>> retrieving price quotes". >>>> >>>> I have unchecked the "Get Online Quotes" flag from ALL of my stocks in >>>> the security editor. However the price editor still gives me the same >>>> error (unknown error). >>>> >>>> gnucash --debug shows nothing related to quotes. I only get lines like >>>> this: >>>> >>>> ---- >>>> >>>> * 22:34:53 INFO <gnc.account> [xaccAccountGetBalanceInCurrency] >>>> baln=0/1 >>>> * 22:34:53 INFO <gnc.account> [xaccAccountGetBalanceInCurrency] >>>> baln=0/100 >>>> * 22:34:53 INFO <gnc.account> [xaccAccountGetBalanceInCurrency] >>>> baln=0/100 >>>> * 22:34:53 INFO <gnc.account> [xaccAccountGetBalanceInCurrency] >>>> baln=0/100 >>>> >>>> ---- >>>> >>>> Can anyone advise how to diagnose the issue? >>> >>> What OS and how did you install F::Q? >>> >>> Regards, >>> John Ralls >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 11 >> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 10:53:32 -0600 >> From: Steve Goings <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Slow startup on Windows 10, v2.6.18 >> Message-ID: >> >> <caoccjfgnrvzrzie4p2vegmwk9m7_nbhk2wt9y21+xztd2i_...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> I've been using 2.6.18 on Windows 10 for some weeks with no problems until >> recently. >> >> Now, startup gets very slow as Gnucash renders the first report that was >> displayed in the last session. It takes about 30 seconds to render that >> first report. Then the other reports render quickly, as expected. >> >> When I close all the reports and then close Gnucash, restart happens >> quickly as expected. Then when I try to run any report, there is again >> about a 30 second delay to render that first report, no matter what it is. >> After that, other reports are rendered quickly. >> >> I have created a new Gnucash file, with the basic accounts, and no data, >> and get the same delay when rendering any of the standard reports the >> first >> time. >> >> I have removed and reinstalled Gnucash 2.6.18, to no avail. When I look at >> the Windows task manager, nothing seems to be eating CPU cycles or doing >> anything to slow down the system. >> >> I also have the latest Mac version of Gnucash running on a MacBook Pro, >> and >> it does not have this problem on the same data file and reports. >> >> Seeing this long delay after seeing none earlier has made me worry about >> some problem in the installation on Windows. I have tried clearing out all >> the Gnucash support files, such as I can find and reinstalling. None of >> this helps. >> >> Is this long delay on Windows for the first report rendering expected >> behavior now? If anyone has some ideas I would be grateful. >> >> In the meantime, I have gone back to 2.4.15 on Windows, and it works >> without any of the delays, but I would prefer to use the newer release if >> possible. >> >> I tried the development release, and it would not even run on my system. >> >> Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions. I did report a bug on >> this, >> >> SG >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of gnucash-user Digest, Vol 176, Issue 58 >> ********************************************* >> > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] 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.
