Christine, That confirms my earlier belief that GnuCash was in fact running when you moved your files. Quit GnuCash and re-start it. This time when you get that dialog click "Open Anyway".
Regards, John Ralls > On Nov 14, 2017, at 10:44 AM, Christine <cmalon...@talktalk.net> wrote: > > Hi john > Yes > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Ralls [mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us] > Sent: 14 November 2017 18:18 > To: Christine > Cc: GnuCash > Subject: Re: files > > Christine, > > Please remember to copy the list on all replies. > > Is it read-only because you got the "unable to obtain the lock" dialog and > selected "open read only"? > > Regards, > John Ralls > >> On Nov 14, 2017, at 10:12 AM, Christine <cmalon...@talktalk.net> wrote: >> >> Hi john >> I have windows 7 and can't remember how I opened it before, but this >> time I used open with and the file is read only so I cannot add more >> to the accounts. >> Regards >> Christine >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Ralls [mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us] >> Sent: 14 November 2017 03:56 >> To: Christine >> Cc: GnuCash >> Subject: Re: files >> >> Christine, >> >> That is what I meant. How did you then open the file in the new location? >> What operating system/distro are you using? >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >> >>> On Nov 13, 2017, at 8:35 AM, Christine <cmalon...@talktalk.net> wrote: >>> >>> Hi John >>> Sorry I panicked and could not find out where to send messages. >>> Gnucash was not open when I placed the files in a folder. If that is >>> what >> you mean. >>> Kind regards >>> Christine >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: John Ralls [mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us] >>> Sent: 13 November 2017 01:55 >>> To: Christine >>> Cc: GnuCash >>> Subject: Re: files >>> >>> >>>> On Nov 12, 2017, at 4:27 PM, Christine via gnucash-user >>> <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello >>>> All my files are on the desktop where I saved them. So I put them in >>>> a folder and now when I try to open one of the pages, it asks me to >>>> save it, if I click on save it wants a new path, how can I work from >>>> a main folder pls? >>>> Christine >>>> >>> >>> Please don't reply to messages when you want to start a new thread, >>> it doesn't work. >>> >>> Was GnuCash running when you moved the files? >>> >>> Regards, >>> John Ralls >>> >>> >>> --- >>> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >>> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >>> >> > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
