I think that Windows calls them text files if once you opened one with Notepad.
They are constructed with text characters, but they are not exactly human readable. David C On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 1:39 PM Gareth Davies via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org wrote: > Thanks for the reply D, but under the file type is says Text Document > which can be opened in Notepad. > > > > I might be missing it but I can’t find that reference in the link you sent > > > > From: D [mailto:sunfis...@yahoo.com] > Sent: 03 December 2018 17:48 > To: Gareth Davies <gareth.davie...@ntlworld.com>; Gnucash Users < > gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Text Files > > > > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_What_are_all_these_.gnucash_and_.log_files_filling_up_my_directory.3F > > > > On December 3, 2018, at 11:15 PM, Gareth Davies via gnucash-user < > gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Can anyone tell me why there are a load of text files in the folder I save > Gnucash to, and can they be safely deleted. > > Thanks Gareth > > Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986 < > https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986%3e> >; for Windows 10 > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > 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 > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > 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 gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.