Windows 7 does not always show you the fully expanded path. There is a setting that must be made to force Win7 to give you it. I suspect that is why you are seeing some gibberish in the path. Here are the instructions to make the necessary settings to see the full path.
1. Logon to Windows 7 computer with the account for which you want to configure the above mentioned settings. 2. Open Windows Explorer and click on Organize menu. 3. From the available list click on Folders and search options and on Folder Options box make sure that you are on General tab. 4. Under Navigation pane section check both Show all folders and Automatically expand to current foldercheck boxes. [https://www.pctips3000.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Show-Full-Path-for-Files-or-Folders.jpg]<http://www.pctips3000.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Show-Full-Path-for-Files-or-Folders.jpg> Show Full Path for Files or Folders 5. Once done, click on Ok button to save the changes that you have made. This came from the following website: https://www.pctips3000.com/show-full-path-to-foldersfiles-in-windows-7/ Jack -----Original Message----- From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+jelockard=outlook....@gnucash.org> On Behalf Of Geert Janssens Sent: Monday, April 8, 2019 4:48 AM To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Downgrading to 2.6.21 Op maandag 8 april 2019 01:04:39 CEST schreef Greg Feneis: > John, > > I misread your instructions and only attempted to save outside of the > Dropbox folder, but not in my ...\Users\Greg\... folder, so I tried > this path and file name: > C:\Xobpord\My Docs\Thorough C & D\GnuCash\GnuCash Files\Official > Working File After Testing Path Lengh Issues.gnucash (117 chars, > outside of Dropbox, Failure!) The error message reads: > "You attempted to save in > H[gibberish]\Users\Greg\AppData\Roaming\GnuCash > or a subdirectory thereof. This is not allowed as GnuCash reserves > that directory for internal use....Please try again in a different directory. > (close). > It's suspicious the error message suggests you're saving in a subdirectory of what gnucash understands as your GNC_DATA_HOME directory. So something odd is going on here. And probably the "giggerish" in there is a clue. > Then I read your email again before starting a reply and realized you > spec'd the home directory, so I tried the following path and file name: > C:\Users\Greg\Dropbox\My Docs\Thorough C & D\GnuCash\GnuCash > Files\Official Working File After Testing Path Lengh Issues.gnucash > (128 chars, outside of Dropbox, inside user folder, success!) > > So, appears with 3.5 I can only have a generous path while saving > within the windows user folder? Regards, Geert _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.gnucash.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fgnucash-user&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cb2136c22a7f64474106e08d6bbfef6c1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636903101064393610&sdata=SUsSmpVMuMHXLVHkr2L%2B21REbOCa065aGcqUT42GMDQ%3D&reserved=0 If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.gnucash.org%2Fwiki%2FMailing_Lists&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cb2136c22a7f64474106e08d6bbfef6c1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636903101064393610&sdata=uX1HUN3zUsFv4GcDecw76F3JO%2F2%2B5temtqQKSdii5S0%3D&reserved=0 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.
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