GnuCash does list the name of the file you have open in the header of the main window but it does not show the path to the file which might be useful.
The main GnuCash file for a given set of books resides wherever you put it or create it in your home directory. It is a good practice to create this file in its own directory. If you haven't create the directory, move the file into it then start GnuCash and use the File->Open to navigate to it and open it. User preferences and other configuration data are stored as described in the wiki https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations . The section Diagrams of Configuration Locations has diagrams illustrating where the files are located on Linux, Windows and macOS which are easier to decode than the documentation information on that page. I created them when I couldn't follow it easily many yeras ago. That configuration data includes reports is generally not stored with a specific book the reports may be used with so it pays to store them with a book specific name unless they are generic. It also needs to be copied as well as the data file if transferring to a new computer to retain the same user configuration. David Cousens On Fri, 2026-06-05 at 17:32 -0600, Tom Route36 wrote: > Just curious about this issue. Since the location of the user's > transaction data file is one of the *most* important pieces of > information for the user to have, why wouldn't that be made readily > available to the user? Wouldn't that directory name be fairly easy > and > straightforward to add to the Help->About dialog box? FYI, in > looking > thru Bugzilla I couldn't find any mention of a feature request to do > that (although I might have missed it). > > Tom > > > On 06/05/2026 01:22 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > It works on Linux (flatpak), but does not on MacOS. Hovering over > > menu > > items in Linux shows a relevant tool-tip in the status bar. MacOS > > does > > nothing, so that is presumably why it also doesn't show the file > > location in the MRU. > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > On 6/5/26 1:37 AM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote: > > > For the location of user transaction data it's necessary to hover > > > the > > > mouse over a file in the MRU (most recently used) list near the > > > bottom > > > of the File menu, which causes the file path to appear in the > > > status > > > line at the bottom of the window. (At least it does in Windows; I > > > think > > > I recall that in some platforms it does not.) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > 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 > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. -- David Cousens _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
