> On Sep 14, 2019, at 5:11 PM, Mike or Penny Novack > <stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > > On 9/13/2019 1:50 PM, Bob Hammons wrote: >> The trouble was Windows Defender in a recent update blocked Gnucash, >> Quicken and Open Office data directories. >> This was in the Ransom ware section >> Here is a website that explains how to fix this >> .......... >> Wasn't very nice of MS to do this without any notice that these programs >> would be blocked >> Thanks again for you help I did learn a little more about Windows but >> something new will pop up I am sure. > That does not seem to me to be much of an explanation. I don't know about > Quicken, but with either OpenOffice (I use LibreOffice) or Gnucash the "data > directories" (the directory in which the data lives AND where the lock file > will be created) is up to you. Certainly MS didn't block "Documents" (the > parent directory where LibreOffice documents likely placed). > Well, actually, yes.
And it makes sense. They’re trying to protect you from ransomware - software that encrypts your stuff and then offers to give you the decryption key if you pay up. The idea is that a known list of applications are allowed to touch files in the protected directories, and you can add tru _______________________________________________ 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.
