I cannot help with the failure to open files but it might help to know what OS you are running GnuCash under. As for the 800 extra files, that depends to some extent on how often you make backups of your data in some remote location. That will help you decide how to set the length of time to keep those interim backups until you make a real backup. You can probably set that time to 2 weeks or so, if you are comfortable with that.
David C On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 9:25 AM, Osama Younis <[email protected]> wrote: > No, the .gnucash file is not opeining ok, I got the error when I try to > open it. > > I am not saving the .gnucash file in the same directory as the .gcm files, > but still I can't manage to open the data file in order to run the "Save > As...". > > Is it normal to have about 800 files of the type > "accountname.gnucash.20180304110506" > and "accountname.gnucash.20180304110505.gnucash" located in the same > folder of the file "accountname.gnucash"? > > Regards, > Osama. > > > ________________________________ > From: Geert Janssens <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 5, 2018 4:48 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Osama Younis > Subject: Re: Gnucash Error "No Suitable backend was found for file..." > > Op maandag 5 maart 2018 14:33:39 CET schreef Osama Younis: > > Dears, > > Greetings. > > > > I am getting the error message "No Suitable backend was found for > file..." > > after my PC was shut off unexpectedly two days ago. Now I can't open my > > current accounts even though I see the backup files (.gcm and .gnucash > > files). > > For your information: .gcm files are not backup files. They are only > storing > visual state (which tabs were open, column widths, ...). > > I do hope you are not saving your gnucash data files in the same directory > as > the .gcm files ? If so, on the first occasion you manage to open a data > file, > run a "Save As..." and store your data in a more common location, such as > (a > subdirectory of) your Documents/My Documents/etc directory. I recommend a > subdirectory as gnucash creates its backup files right next to the data > file. > > Regards, > > geert > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > 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] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
