Thanks for the correction. I (obviously) didn't know that. RBM
On Fri, 2019-03-08 at 20:24 -0500, Kenneth Schneider wrote: > Most filesystems in Linux support ACL’s. > > Ken Schneider > > > On Mar 8, 2019, at 7:09 PM, Ronal B Morse < > > r...@morsehouse.com> wrote: > > > > Could this be an ACL (access control list) related? > > > > Linux doesn't use them (nor does the Mac, as far as I > > know) > > but Windows does and from what I understand a broken or > > incorrect ACL config could cause this kind of behavior. > > > > Totally clueless about how to check or what to do, but > > since > > no one mentioned the possibility... > > > > RBM > > > > > > > On Fri, 2019-03-08 at 13:41 -0600, brob2684 wrote: > > > Hi Colin and David, > > > > > > I've done a bit more digging and it began to looks like > > > there was a small > > > chance the issue is linked to the special Windows > > > folders. > > > > > > If I move a copy of my gnucash file to an existing > > > directory on D:\ that is > > > not a special Windows folder (e.g. D:\Filing or D:\Tmp) > > > then gnucash opens > > > the file without issue. > > > > > > On the other hand, if I move the file to a special > > > Windows > > > folder (e.g. > > > D:\Documents or D:\Favorites or D:\Desktop or > > > D:\Pictures). > > > Surprisingly, > > > D:\Downloads works without issue. > > > > > > I haven't made any changes to this setup in the past > > > fortnight. > > > > > > A fair bit of further random, seemingly aimless > > > Googling > > > along the above > > > lines kept turning up recommendations about > > > permissions, > > > none of which > > > worked. > > > > > > ---------------------------- > > > > > > However, I eventually turned up this little chestnut: > > > > > > https://superuser.com/questions/1293897/cannot-save-files-to-desktop-in-windows-10 > > > > > > It seems "Controlled folder access" was switched on. > > > From > > > what I've read, > > > it's supposed to be an opt-in feature, and when > > > enabled, it > > > uses a mechanism > > > to track apps trying to make changes to files in the > > > protected folders. If > > > the app is malicious, or it's not recognized, the > > > feature > > > will in real-time > > > block the attempt, and you'll get a notification of the > > > suspicious activity. > > > > > > So it looks like my problem stems from opting in > > > (sorry, I > > > have no > > > recollection of doing so) but I've also received no > > > notifications of > > > suspicious activity either. > > > > > > Disabling this means I can open/save/edit files in > > > GnuCash > > > that are written > > > to my D:\Documents folder again. > > > > > > Thanks both for your help, > > > brob2684 > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Sent from: > > > http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.