First, for attachment images, they need to be 'as attachment' and *not*
inline.
That is, in your e-mail app, attach the screenshot. Do not just paste it
into the message mixed in with the text.
You may also have a setting in your e-mail app for this to toggle
between 'inline' and 'attachment'. For the mailing list - you *do not*
want 'inline'. (the mailing list software will simply strip them out of
the message)
Second, if you say there are hundreds of files, a screenshot isn't going
to cut it anyway. (it would take many screenshots)
I'm not well versed on Windows command line, so without me spending time
looking it up, maybe someone else who knows off the top of their head
can advise a command that will export your file list to a text file that
you can attach here. Of course, you'd want to use whatever options are
available to include the original creation date & time, as well as a
last modified date & time. (those can be shown or not shown as desired)
From that list, we should be able to reasonably guess which is your
latest file (or maybe even several candidates for it) and then you can
open them and confirm.
I suspect though, that you have a condition where there are transactions
in one file that aren't in another, and vice versa. And this may involve
more than 2 files. You'll have to decipher that for yourself once you
figure out the file situation, and then we can proceed with helping you
consolidate them into one book.
Lastly, it would be good to get a handle on how this happened in the
first place, so the problem doesn't continue to compound.
But I too don't think you lost any data unless you started deleting
.gnucash files without backups. (.lck files aren't necessarily a problem)
.gcm files store some preferences for each book. It would be best not to
lose those for now, but losing them wouldn't be data lost.
Regards,
Adrien
On 8/7/23 10:03 AM, Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user wrote:
Thank you for that. However, a file search for any file of that
structure only delivers 1 dated 18.02.2022, which I have mentioned in an
earlier post is the date on my 'currently loaded' file which won't save.
There are a number of files with .GCM and number with LCK dated 2021,
others with .log, many more (recent ones) with shortcut.
What do you mean by 'shortcut'? They are pointing to other gnucash files
in some other location? This is concerning...
All the rest are datestamped.
You can see why I am confused and very worried that I have lost all the
recent data.
Thanks to all for the help and advice. I feel stupid, I thought I was
reasonably capable in IT, but......
I even have problems creating the proper . versions for uploading.....
'save as' doesn't seem to be working.
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