If you’ve ever actually looked at the ‘My GoldMine’ feature in GoldMine 6.x, you’ve probably been annoyed by the inclusion of the FrontRange feed. While it’s not unheard of that the vendor might include some marketing of this nature in their product, the fact that you can’t remove it AND that the feed no longer actually available (leaving you with a big, ugly, useless empty space on your My GoldMine screen telling you that the FrontRange feed can’t be retrieved.)

Here’s a solution: (note: it’s conceivable that a mis-step while editing your GM.INI could render your entire GoldMine installation useless until the INI file is corrected/restored from backup. It’s highly recommended that you backup your GM.INI prior to modifying it!)

1. Open your GM.INI — It will be in the same folder your GoldMine executable is in. I find the simplest way to get to it is to right-click on the GoldMine shortcut you use every day and select Properties. Then press the Find Target button. Voila, you’re in the GoldMine directory.

2. Locate any existing ‘[MyGM]’ sections and delete them.

3. Paste the following code at the end of the existing text in the INI file:

[MyGm]
FRS_Title=Castell Computers
FRS_URL=https://www.castellcomputers.com/?feed=rss2

4. Restart GoldMine.

You’ll notice that the FrontRange feed is now gone and has been replaced with mine. Obviously you don’t have to use my feed here and are, of course, free to choose any feed you like. Just modify the above INI snippet accordingly.