Re: [GNC] Okay, why won't it let me restore from backup?

2019-05-08 Thread ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
On 5/7/19 5:57 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user writes: I restore yesterday's file and still get today's booboo You restored the XXX.gnucash file, which is just your data. Why won't it let me restore from backup? Because you didn't restore the METADATA file, which

Re: [GNC] Okay, why won't it let me restore from backup?

2019-05-07 Thread Derek Atkins
ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user writes: > I restore yesterday's file and still get today's booboo You restored the XXX.gnucash file, which is just your data. > Why won't it let me restore from backup? Because you didn't restore the METADATA file, which contains your open tabs. This would be

Re: [GNC] Okay, why won't it let me restore from backup?

2019-05-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
On Tue, May 7, 2019, 3:09 AM ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>> wrote: On 5/7/19 12:08 AM, Colin Law wrote: > What exactly did you do when you tried to restore it from backup? > Without knowing what backup s/w or strategy you use we are in the

Re: [GNC] Okay, why won't it let me restore from backup?

2019-05-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
On 5/7/19 2:58 AM, Colin Law wrote: On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 09:09, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: I got back the same closed account. If you had deleted the original file and replaced it with the new one there is no way that it could have opened the old one (as it no longer existed). In

Re: [GNC] Okay, why won't it let me restore from backup?

2019-05-07 Thread David Carlson
ToddAndMargo, GnuCash keeps information about some details such as which account windows were left open and their size and locations on the screen when you closed your data file in a different folder on your computer. This information is called your preferences and it is a good idea to

Re: [GNC] Okay, why won't it let me restore from backup?

2019-05-07 Thread Colin Law
On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 09:09, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > > I got back the same closed account. If you had deleted the original file and replaced it with the new one there is no way that it could have opened the old one (as it no longer existed). In fact do you actually mean that it

Re: [GNC] Okay, why won't it let me restore from backup?

2019-05-07 Thread ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
On 5/7/19 12:08 AM, Colin Law wrote: What exactly did you do when you tried to restore it from backup? Without knowing what backup s/w or strategy you use we are in the dark on what you actually did. What backup means is that I have copies of the data file squirrels away wher Gnu Cash can't

Re: [GNC] Okay, why won't it let me restore from backup?

2019-05-07 Thread Colin Law
What exactly did you do when you tried to restore it from backup? Without knowing what backup s/w or strategy you use we are in the dark on what you actually did. Colin On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 03:44, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: > > I restore yesterday's file and still get today's booboo

Re: [GNC] Okay, why won't it let me restore from backup?

2019-05-06 Thread ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
On 5/6/19 7:41 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote: I restore yesterday's file and still get today's booboo Why won't it let me restore from backup? But I could run it from backup and press "save as" to put it back where it normally goes. Why?

[GNC] Okay, why won't it let me restore from backup?

2019-05-06 Thread ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
I restore yesterday's file and still get today's booboo Why won't it let me restore from backup? ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: