On Monday, 20 November 2017 01:13:50 GMT Moira wrote: > Hi, I am getting this same message, but I cannot locate an .LCK or .LNK file > in the relevant folder. > > I moved my files from an old laptop to a new one, by simply copying them and > then installing the program on the new computer. I opened GnuCash after > transferring the files with no problem. Since then, however, I get this > "could not obtain the lock" message, and if I click on "Open Anyway" it > will not exit cleanly, it asks me to save the file as a new file. Which I > have declined to do because i don't know if that will mess things up. > > I read this thread and looked for the lock files to delete, don't see them. > I tried "Open Anyway" followed immediately by Quit, and that didn't help. > > help!? >
Hi, Check if you have copied the file and made it read-only (or put it in a read- only directory). MAybe your username is different or something? HTH, Maf. _______________________________________________ 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.
