Re: [GNC] default local currency (Liz)

2022-05-10 Thread Adrien Monteleone
If it is greyed out, something is definitely wrong. I'm going with a read-only preference file as mentioned by David H. But that should imply other preferences also being greyed out. If not, more digging is required... Permissions issue on Win10 perhaps? (Not sure why that would affect only

Re: [GNC] default local currency (Liz)

2022-05-10 Thread David Long
, 2022 9:03 AM To: David Long Cc: Gnucash Users Subject: Re: [GNC] default local currency (Liz) David, So you're not able to click "Choose" and then use the dropdown arrow on the right to select MYR ? How did you transfer your file over to the laptop - is the file or the v

Re: [GNC] default local currency (Liz)

2022-05-10 Thread David H
David, So you're not able to click "Choose" and then use the dropdown arrow on the right to select MYR ? How did you transfer your file over to the laptop - is the file or the volume it's on Read only ? I did try setting my file to Read only and it didn't make any difference to the behaviour of

[GNC] default local currency (Liz)

2022-05-10 Thread David Long
Thanks for replies below about changing default currency, and my follow up. Any further advice? I tried before: Preferences >> Accounts >> Default Currency in Gnucash 4.10 ??? But its greyed out so cannot change. My version is 4.10 Adrien noted: 1. Locale (set by your OS preferences)

Re: [GNC] default local currency

2022-05-10 Thread Liz
On Tue, 10 May 2022 12:17:22 +0800 "David Long" wrote: > Hi, > > > > Actually, I tried a re-install, thinking I had missed a trick in the > installation process, but exactly the same. > > > > Regards > > > > David David, could you advise your OS, because this may offer a different

Re: [GNC] default local currency

2022-05-09 Thread David Long
Hi, Actually, I tried a re-install, thinking I had missed a trick in the installation process, but exactly the same. Regards David From: David H Sent: May 10, 2022 11:45 AM To: David Long Cc: Gnucash Users Subject: Re: [GNC] default local currency Ah yeah forget

Re: [GNC] default local currency

2022-05-09 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Preferences > Accounts > Default Currency. Your choices are: 1. Locale (set by your OS preferences) 2. Specify one from the drop down. Regards, Adrien On 5/9/22 10:20 PM, David Long wrote: I have been using GnuCash on a Desktop, and installed it on my laptop too. It was a messy installation

Re: [GNC] default local currency

2022-05-09 Thread David H
Ah yeah forget that :-) On Tue, 10 May 2022 at 13:42, David H wrote: > Preferences >> Accounts >> Default Currency in Gnucash 4.10 ??? > > Cheers David H. > > > On Tue, 10 May 2022 at 13:21, David Long > wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I have been using GnuCash on a Desktop, and installed it on

Re: [GNC] default local currency

2022-05-09 Thread David H
PS what is your locale currency set to ?? Cheers David. On Tue, 10 May 2022 at 13:42, David H wrote: > Preferences >> Accounts >> Default Currency in Gnucash 4.10 ??? > > Cheers David H. > > > On Tue, 10 May 2022 at 13:21, David Long > wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I have been using GnuCash

Re: [GNC] default local currency

2022-05-09 Thread David H
Preferences >> Accounts >> Default Currency in Gnucash 4.10 ??? Cheers David H. On Tue, 10 May 2022 at 13:21, David Long wrote: > > > > > > > I have been using GnuCash on a Desktop, and installed it on my laptop too. > It was a messy installation , probably due to a hardware issue, so I did >

[GNC] default local currency

2022-05-09 Thread David Long
I have been using GnuCash on a Desktop, and installed it on my laptop too. It was a messy installation , probably due to a hardware issue, so I did not go through a normal GnuCash routine for setting up a new set of accounts. However, I managed to open GnuCash and upload the GnuCash