Ya - I guessed the SaveAs was the culprit. I don't need to - its just a redundant move to save a 4th copy. I'll try your method.
On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 6:08 PM David H <[email protected]> wrote: > Does the same on Win 10 - X'ing out of Gnucash or using File >> Quit saves > the prefs correctly. > > Doing a save as to a different file name saves the prefs > in C:\Users\<<your user name>>\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash\books under the NEW > FILE NAME - this probably unsets the flag to say the prefs have changed so > when you come back and save the file again under the original file name it > doesn't try to save the prefs there as well. Have a look in your > C:\Users\<<your user name>>\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash\books folder - you'll > probably have a gnucash.gcm file there from your last save as backup file > details ??? > > If I were you I would change my workflow and save under the real file name > and quit Gnucash which will save your prefs for the real file and then copy > the gnucash data file to your backup location and your problem should go > away :-) You should look at backing up your preferences and saved reports > as well so it makes more sense to have a separate backup strategy which > copies these files to your backup location - see wiki for what files to > back up at > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_backup_my_GC_environment.2C_including_preferences.3F > > There are programs out there to copy files to backup locations at the > press of a button or when they detect changes or on a schedule - I use > FreeFile Sync, but there's others like Rsync, Syncthing - so you might want > to take a look at those. > > Cheers David H. > > > On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 08:22, David H <[email protected]> wrote: > >> OK I just tried X'ing out of Gnucash and using Quit from the top menu on >> MacOS - both times the timestamp on the prefs file was updated. Will try >> on Win 10 shortly. >> >> Do you want to try just opening your usual file from C: location changing >> some column widths and then quitting Gnucash without all the Save As carry >> on - maybe that's screwing something up? Then re-open Gnucash and see if >> the column widths are saved in that circumstance ? >> >> Regards David H. >> >> >> On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 at 08:10, Jack Slater <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I first do a Save As (to save a backup to an external drive). Then I do a >>> Save As to the original (desired C: drive) location. Then Click upper >>> right >>> X to close the program. >>> >>> When I reopen GC the same windows/accounts open right up. >>> >>> Windows 10. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 4:03 PM David Carlson < >>> [email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > Jack, Did you quit the program when you saved the file? Do you find >>> the >>> > same windows and reports open when you re-start GnuCash and re-open the >>> > file? Which OS are you using? >>> > >>> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 3:08 PM Chris Graves <[email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> > >>> >> Using 4.2 on Windows and macOS, both remember the column width >>> settings. >>> >> Adjust column width, quit, re-open and column widths remain as I >>> adjusted >>> >> them. >>> >> >>> >> Except for the Description column, which isn’t remembered. >>> >> >>> >> > On Oct 21, 2020, at 12:34 PM, Jack Slater <[email protected]> >>> >> wrote: >>> >> > >>> >> > I'm running 4.2. >>> >> > >>> >> > Adjusted column widths - looked at the View Menu and Register & >>> Register >>> >> > Default options in Preferences - found nothing. I saved the file >>> with >>> >> the >>> >> > adjustments in place and poof - modified widths gone when I >>> reopened the >>> >> > file. To be honest I could never get them to save in 3.x versions >>> >> either. >>> >> > >>> >> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 2:07 PM David Carlson < >>> >> [email protected]> >>> >> > wrote: >>> >> > >>> >> >> Jack, >>> >> >> Prior to the 4.x releases it was necessary to close the program, >>> >> possibly >>> >> >> with the window(s) open to save the column width settings. I think >>> >> there >>> >> >> was a change for the 4.x series, but I have not migrated yet, so I >>> >> cannot >>> >> >> be sure. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 2:00 PM Jack Slater < >>> [email protected]> >>> >> >> wrote: >>> >> >> >>> >> >>> How can I save the form with the column widths I've set for each >>> >> account >>> >> >>> while in use so they stay in place permanently? >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> >> >>> 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. >>> >> >>> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> -- >>> >> >> David Carlson >>> >> >> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ >>> >> > 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. >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > -- >>> > David Carlson >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. 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