[moneydance] Changing location of MD files

[Ben Northway]

I think that once you open the new file, clicking 'save' will save it  
wherever the file is located on your disk. It would be just like  
editing a regular document and saving it, if that makes sense.

Regards,

Ben Northway


On May 17, 2007, at 6:46 AM, Gervase Chavasse wrote:

> On Thursday 17 May 2007 12:23, Robert Kesterson wrote:
> .......
>>> I was something of a Linux newbie when I first installed  
>>> Moneydance and
>>> accepted most of the default settings.  As a result all my files are
>>> stored in /home/myname/Documents.  I would prefer to have them in a
>>> separate folder.
>>>
>>> I have changed the location of the backup files through  
>>> "preferences"
>>> but I can see no way for changing the location of the working files.
>>
>> The easiest way is just manually move the data file(s) where you  
>> want them
>> and then use the "Open" selection from Moneydance's "File" menu to  
>> open
>> the file in the new location.   You could also do a "Save As" from  
>> the
>> "File" menu and save the file in the new location, then manually  
>> remove it
>>  from the old location.  Either way will work.
>
> Thanks, but won't I have to "save as" every time I finish a  
> session?  What I
> really want to have is for md automatically save my working file in  
> a new
> location when I close the window and get the "do I want to save  
> changes?"
> panel.
>
> Gervase
>
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