Thank you, that does work.
On 2026-07-01 20:55, John Ralls 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.
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