John, If Adrien's suggestions don't work the following site has techniques for finding files on windows https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/windowsbasics/finding-files-on-your-computer/1/
and for Linux https://www.linode.com/docs/tools-reference/tools/find-files-in-linux-using-the-command-line/. Looking for files with .gnucash extensions starting with your home directory and then expanding the search is your best bet. ($find <path> -name "*.gnucash" will find all occurrences in the directory pointed to by path in Linux). A common problem which occurs sometimes is having opened a backup file (which is located in the same directory as your main file) and then subsequently opening the main file again. Your missing transactions could be in a backup file. See https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/basics-backup1.html. David Cousens On Fri, 2019-01-25 at 08:38 +0800, John Sears via gnucash-user wrote: > Hi All, > > A few months ago, I moved the location of my GNUcash file (along with > the addressing of the associated linked files - you may remember a post > about this). I have been living a fairly hectic life since, moving > country, massively downsizing etc, and a fairly annoying pc problem. I > am sure that I did a lot of work on GNU Cash in Q4, but noticed the > other day that all of these transactions were missing and that my > GNUCash was pointing at an old GNUCash file. I've looked everywhere on > my computer and USBs for the file that I think might contain the > transactions that I am sure I put in ( It was a lot of work, so I don't > want to just retype them again), but I just cannot find the file. > > I notice that GNUCash highlights the last 4 files that have been opened > ( under the file tab) . Is there a way to see all the files that have > been opened historically and their location in the file directory. I > just cannot find the correct file or any logs for the data that I > entered in Q4, and at least if I know the possible paths, I might be > able to ascertain if the data has somehow managed to be deleted from > that location, and then determine my way forward > > > Thanks! > > john > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > 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 gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.