Adding that my Gemini AI search suggested to go one step further: "Pin the True Folder to GnuCash Shortcuts
Once you manually force-navigate to the actual folder, you can save it in your sidebar: In the GnuCash file explorer dialog, look at the left sidebar (where "Home" and "Documents" are listed).Click the "+" (Add) button at the bottom of that sidebar to bookmark your current location. This creates a direct shortcut to the resolved physical folder, bypassing the junction loop entirely." After the directory is pinned, just click on it. > On 07/01/2026 8:55 PM PDT John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Gemini suggests that you try typing ctrl-L to get a text entry at the top of > the File>Open dialog and typing the full path to your gnucash file. It claims > that Glib has a problem navigating through NTFS junction points, but if it’s > given a full path it doesn’t have to and it will open the file. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > On Jul 1, 2026, at 18:15, Mark Bole <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, sorry for the late reply. I did not see an email reply to my original > > post, so this is the latest I found at the archive. I must have something > > mis-configured on my end that I don't get replies. > > > > To the topic, as mentioned below, yes that is exactly what I'm referring > > to, a junction point, which can be created with the standard "*mountvol*" > > command under Windows. It doesn't work with GnuCash. > > > > https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/mountvol > > > > In other words, my VHD does not get a drive letter, rather it is mounted > > under a directory (folder), which exists on a regular NTFS volume with a > > drive letter. > > > > One of the two helpful replies mentioned an image, so attached is the > > Windows properties screen for my VHD mounted in a folder named "custom". > > > > Again, my problem is that GnuCash seems to not know how to view this > > pathname. All my other software does (dozens of programs), but at least > > one ( the File Manager that I mentioned previously) does have an option on > > whether or not to show "Junction" in the display of files & folders. > > > > > >> Have you tried making a junction point ( mklnk /j ) from an actual hard > >> drive (like c:\) to a folder within the VHD file to see if that works? I > >> think gnucash's file IO libraries are limited to type of disks it can see. > >> I had a problem with earlier versions of Google Drive where it wouldn't > >> see contents in those folders. > >> > > <2026-07-01_17-59-03.png>_______________________________________________ > > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
