In my earlier email I suggested that you tell us the complete path/filename for those files. Windows likes to foreshorten them in some cases, especially if there are external drives involved. I should have said complete unqualified path/filename in case the path names have been shortened to stay under the character count limit or to identify an external drive.
On Mon, Aug 7, 2023 at 3:17 PM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
