On 9/13/2019 1:50 PM, Bob Hammons wrote:
The trouble was Windows Defender in a recent update blocked Gnucash, Quicken
and Open Office data directories.
This was in the Ransom ware section
Here is a website that explains how to fix this
..........
Wasn't very nice of MS to do this without any notice that these programs would
be blocked
Thanks again for you help I did learn a little more about Windows but something
new will pop up I am sure.
That does not seem to me to be much of an explanation. I don't know
about Quicken, but with either OpenOffice (I use LibreOffice) or Gnucash
the "data directories" (the directory in which the data lives AND where
the lock file will be created) is up to you. Certainly MS didn't block
"Documents" (the parent directory where LibreOffice documents likely
placed).
If, what you are referring to are default locations which these
applications might use IF you failed to specify where your documents
were to be put that's another matter. I'm not at all sure I would be so
critical of MS in that case. It is a really bad idea for people to allow
applications to simply place data wherever so you don't KNOW the
location. For example, if you don;t know the location, how do you know
what directories you want copied to your backup device (you DO make
periodic backups, right?).
Thus, if I Know that ALL such data would be in the "Documents" tree
(organized by sub directories so you can find things) then you know your
backup procedure would want to copy "Documents" (and everything in it)
when making a backup. In which case you don't need to think of separate
backup for each application.
When you create a new set of books in gnucash (a new file) the FIRST
action you should take after opening it should be a "save as" to the
desired location << say in a directory under documents named "Gucash
Books" --although there I would have a directory for each set of books
since I keep several -- that makes it easier to clean out old
log/session backups for a particular set of books since those, and the
lock file, will be in the directory where the file is >>
Michael D Novack
PS ---- when some of us say "directory" that is not different from what
you know of as a "file folder". We just learned before it was graphical.
Michael D Novack
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