Configuration Diagrams - Windows

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GnuCash since V3.0 on Windows

Legend

LABELS for paths not environment vars.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
WINDOWS LOCATIONS
Windows path or a directory
<user> substitute username
files in the location


                                                        HOME (do not edit)
                                                   c:\Users\<user>  Windows 7 and more recent.
                                           c:\Documents and Settings\<user>  Windows Vista and earlier.
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                        USER_DATA_HOME                                                 USER_CONFIG_HOME
                     HOME\AppData\Local (%LOCALAPPDATA%)                             HOME\AppData\Local (%LOCALAPPDATA%)
                     HOME\AppData\Roaming (%APPDATA%)                                HOME\AppData\Roaming (%APPDATA%)

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        GNC_DATA_HOME                      GTK_DATA_HOME                       GNC_CONFIG_HOME                   GTK_CONFIG_HOME
    (%APPDATA%)\GnuCash              (%LOCALAPPDATA%)\gtk-3.0                (%APPDATA%)\GnuCash             (%LOCALAPPDATA%)\gtk-3.0
accelerator-map config-user.scm settings.ini
books/<name>.gcm gtk-3.0.css gtk.css
checks log.conf gtk-3.0.css
expressions-2.0
qif-accounts-map
saved-reports-<x>.<y>
stylesheets-2.0

GnuCash V2.6.x and older on Windows

Legend

LABELS for paths not environment vars.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
WINDOWS LOCATIONS
Windows path or a directory
<user> substitute username
files in the location

                                                        HOME(do not edit)
                                                   c:\Users\<user>  Windows 7 and more recent.
                                           c:\Documents and Settings\<user>  Windows Vista and earlier.
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                                        |                                     |
                                   DOT_GNUCASH_DIR                      GTK_CONFIG_HOME
                                   HOME\.gnucash                            HOME
accelerator-map .gtkrc-2.0.gnucash (only affects GnuCash)
books/<name>.gcm .gtkrc-2.0 (do not change manually -overwritten by "Select Theme" tool.)
checks
expressions-2.0
qif-accounts-map
saved-reports-<x>.<y>
stylesheets-2.0
config.user
(becomes config-user.scm in V3)
log.conf