Gemini suggests that you try typing ctrl-L to get a text entry at the top of the File>Open dialog and typing the full path to your gnucash file. It claims that Glib has a problem navigating through NTFS junction points, but if it’s given a full path it doesn’t have to and it will open the file.
Regards, John Ralls > On Jul 1, 2026, at 18:15, Mark Bole <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, sorry for the late reply. I did not see an email reply to my original > post, so this is the latest I found at the archive. I must have something > mis-configured on my end that I don't get replies. > > To the topic, as mentioned below, yes that is exactly what I'm referring to, > a junction point, which can be created with the standard "*mountvol*" command > under Windows. It doesn't work with GnuCash. > > https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/mountvol > > In other words, my VHD does not get a drive letter, rather it is mounted > under a directory (folder), which exists on a regular NTFS volume with a > drive letter. > > One of the two helpful replies mentioned an image, so attached is the Windows > properties screen for my VHD mounted in a folder named "custom". > > Again, my problem is that GnuCash seems to not know how to view this > pathname. All my other software does (dozens of programs), but at least one > ( the File Manager that I mentioned previously) does have an option on > whether or not to show "Junction" in the display of files & folders. > > >> Have you tried making a junction point ( mklnk /j ) from an actual hard >> drive (like c:\) to a folder within the VHD file to see if that works? I >> think gnucash's file IO libraries are limited to type of disks it can see. I >> had a problem with earlier versions of Google Drive where it wouldn't see >> contents in those folders. >> > <2026-07-01_17-59-03.png>_______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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.
