AIO64-6.0.0–1, Windows 11 24h2.
I exported a Family Tree from an earlier version when I upgraded (??) to Windows 11. I thought I had done this properly. Now however, the Family Tree does not show in Manage Family Trees, though it does show up in the little drop down with Family Trees in the upper left of the tool bar. I must manually select it each time I open Gramps.
I can find no solution in Help or with Perplexity.
Can anyone here help me establish my default Family Tree?
Many thanks,
Ron
Somehow you have changed the Database Path in preferences.
Another thread describes how to re-discover the actual path (from the recent-files-gramps.xml file which feeds into ‘the little drop down with Family Trees in the upper left of the tool menu bar’) and change it in Edit → Preferences.
Not only had they changed the database path, they also had the tree locked due to a forced quit.
Yes, thanks, emyoulation. I keep separate system and data drives for speed and ease of system update.
Please. Noob here. I definitely want to keep active Gramps data in my D: drive. I found my working Family Tree in C:\AppData\Romaing\Gramps\Grampsdb\HexAddress\sqlite.db.
Is it not possible to relocate data by default? If not, why offer it in Edit/Preferences?
Many thanks,
Ron
There’s a minor typo in Romaing … and it seems to be missing the username at the beginning of the path.
Since things such as that are SO easy to overlook, I generally suggest leaving the databasepath at its default.
But, if you DO change the path, upgrading Gramps should read the old path from the gramps.ini and transcribe it to the new one.
The general rationale for a Preferences item is for people using Gramps on multiple terminals in a home network. So the path can be easily changed from a local drive to a network storage location.
Those were typos here, not in my system, and also not advertising my details. 
Separate system and data drives are common among tech old timers. Mainly to fix a bad install without endangering data. But as I say, I am a noob here.
I found a Perplexity help. I just had to copy my database files from my system drive to my Gramps data folder. Works now.
Thanks, emyoulation.
Regards,
Ron
Figured that was the case but was not making assumptions… to stay on the safe side.
As with many Windows applications, assigning a drive letter to to the data folder on the network improves accessibility. Since Gramps is Linux-first (with macOS a close relative), the quirks of Windows network support are rarely considered.
But leveraging a network location requires having the same drive letter assignment on all terminals. So that means a bit of tedious manual setup on each box or setting up a group policy.