On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 at 16:40, Lorrie Laskey <lrlas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > This message is for two topics. If you respond, please either select one > topic or divide the message by topic to make it easier for me to follow the > messages. > > #1 Saving > I don't understand how to save Gnucash or properly close it, it seems. I > have used Gnucash for years and used the "save" option. > > In the past, I selected "save" but recently ran into "lock file" issue.
Save is the right way to do it. That will save back into whichever file you have open. Just the same as MS Word or other applications. If you use Save As then it will create a new file with the name you give it (or overwrite any existing file with that name. When you next open GC it will open *that* file not the original. If you want to open a file other than the last one used then use File Open and browse to it. While on this subject, I hope you are making a regular backup of your accounts file in case of computer failure. > Next I tried "save as" but then a pop up window appeared asking me to save > it as an xml file. For most users just using the default xml is the right way. Don't worry about the other options. If you needed them you would know what they mean. > > #2 > Recent "lock file" issues forced me to troubleshoot and find other methods > to open and save. Note that I am the only person using Gnucash, on one > computer. So I don't understand how this file is being generated. If you get the Lock file warning when you open GC that means that GC probably did not close down properly the last time you used it. Either GC or Windows crashed for example, or you did a forced powerdown of the PC rather than a normal shutdown. It is only a warning, you can just say Open Anyway, provided you have not already got the file open in another GnuCash instance or on another computer. If it happens regularly there is something wrong though. Colin _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
