Anytime you open GnuCash and it can’t open your data file it will open a ‘blank’ file because it has to have something open. That is what the Giuseppe is seeing.
Giuseppe, Your best bet is to follow previous advice. Open GnuCash. Disregard any messages and pay no notice to a blank file. Click the File menu and choose the Open option. Navigate to where your file is stored, and select it. Then GnuCash will remember it after close and will re-open that last used file next time. Until and unless you get this far, I don’t know we can help much more. If you have zero idea where your data file is stored, then we can help somewhat in that regard, just let us know that is the problem. Regards, Adrien > On Jun 7, 2019, at 10:24 PM, Greg Feneis <mfen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Please remember to send replies to the list, not just the members you are > replying to. > > Macs aren't my strength here, but every time you start GnuCash, if GnuCash > starts with a message saying it can't find a file, then once you get past > the screen that asks you if you want to remove it from the recent file > list, what you have is GnuCash running with a default empty file. I > wouldn't bother saving that. Instead, click the file menu and select open, > then point to the file you usually use. You may have to find that file, > using the Mac's file manager, then use GnuCash file>open to get to where > the file is and open it. > > Kind regards, Greg Feneis > (Galaxy S7) > > > On Fri, Jun 7, 2019, 18:41 Giuseppe Quinn <cent...@redquyn.com> wrote: > >> I’m running MacOS 10.14.5 >> >> In the attached screenshot you can see the msg I’m getting. Originally, >> the file name was empty >> >> >> >> If “No” or “Yes” is selected the following window opens. >> >> >> >> Nothing I tried changed anything, till I selected save and it asked for a >> name, and that’s how “WHatisthis” became the “missing” file from the first >> image. I have plenty of these files; >> >> >> Which are the ones I want to open, and I’ve tried opening GNUCash by >> clicking various versions of these. >> >> HELP!!! >> >> On Jun 7, 2019, at 9:03 AM, Greg Feneis <mfen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> You could also use your computer's file manager, EG Windows Explorer, to >> find the file that GnuCash can't seem to find. >> >> Kind regards, Greg Feneis >> (Galaxy S7) >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 7, 2019, 07:59 Greg Feneis <mfen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> You may have changed the file's location and GnuCash can no longer find >> it. Try using the file>open menu items to navigate to the file location and >> open it. After GnuCash opens it up,it will remember the new location and >> open it automatically the next time you start it >> >> Kind regards, Greg Feneis >> (Pixel 3) >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 7, 2019, 07:34 Centins@rq <cent...@redquyn.com> wrote: >> >> When I try to open GnuCash 3.4 I get an error msg saying a file can’t be >> found, but that the file is in history and do I want to remove it. When I >> click either the “Yes”, or “No” a window opens with nothing in it and a >> “Save” and some other button. >> >> Help! I can’t open any of my data! _______________________________________________ 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.
