Hi Jerry, If you do not know in which folder path you have saved your data file.....
Go to the file menu. Put the mouse cursor over the No.1 entry in the "recent files" section towards the bottom of the menu. You _should_ see the full path of the current data file in the status bar at the bottom of the GC window. See attached screenshot. (Note. My data files still use the extension .xac ... most folks use the more "recent" .gnucash extension Yes. I'm a creature of habit and have been using GC that long. 3 chars is more than enough, and X rules too..... :-} IYKYK ) HTH, Maf. On Saturday, 21 February 2026 17:30:01 GMT Jerry Criswell (JC) wrote: > I, too, am having trouble finding files. I backed up .gnucash a while > back and now I can't find it to save my life. It is buried somewhere > deep in Linux Mint 22.3. I went to the wiki and tried its suggestion to > try and find GSETTINGS. It said go to /org/gnucash. I don't have an org > directory under either Home or file system. To me that means the wiki > is unusable. Where are all the files I need to save on my system? > > JC > > On 2/20/26 11:25 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > Joseph, > > > > The process is much simpler than you are making it out to be. > > > > See the Wiki here: > > > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_I_just_got_a_new_computer._What_shoul > > d_I_copy_over_from_my_old_one.3F > > > > > > At a minimum, just copy over the book file ending in ".gnucash" > > > > Though as the wiki entry above notes, you probably also want to copy > > over configurations and saved reports as well. That wiki link will > > lead you to the right steps to take. > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > On 2/20/26 11:06 AM, Joseph Hymel via gnucash-user wrote: > >> Hello,I need help as the subject line states. I am not a computer > >> tech guy and am really the accounting guy using Gnucash. I installed > >> 5.12 on my Win 11 laptop. I then exported to CSV files from my 5.12 > >> on Win 10 desktop the following: Account Register, Account Tree, and > >> Account Transactions. I next exported Accounts to whatever file type > >> it is. I assumed I could then open 5.12 on my Win 11 laptop and > >> import same files. That did not happen as planned. > >> I have years of work in my 5.12 Win 10 machine that must be able to > >> be salvaged for the Win 11 instance of 5.12. Please help me recreate > >> it on the Win 11 laptop. I also have numerous reports that I have > >> created. > >
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