Well, I find it much simpler to click "Open anyway" since I know no one else has my Gnucash file open.
On March 14, 2019, at 12:01 AM, Jack Slater <theillini...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Derek - I used Tom's answer: Simple fix. Close GNUCash. Use File Explorer to navigate to your GC data folder. Near the bottom you'll see a file with type LCK. Delete it. Open GC and enjoy. On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 1:22 PM Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > Hi Jack, > > > On Wed, March 13, 2019 2:09 pm, Jack Slater wrote: > > Just tried to start up GC. Fresh boot of Win 10 PC and I get a message > > window: > > > > "GnuCash could not obtain the lock for C:\" ( etc. file location) > > > > option to open read only (wont work for me!),create new file, open > anyway, > > quit > > First thing to try: Do you have another copy of GnuCash open? > If NOT... What happens of you try "Open Anyway"? > > Here's what's going on. When GnuCash is open, it creates the lock file to > ensure a second copy doesn't grab the file and possibly cause you to lose > data. If you shut down the computer while GnuCash was still running then > GnuCash didn't exit cleanly and, as a result, didn't delete the lock file. > > The "Open Anyway" option is basically your way to tell GnuCash that this > is what happened. > > So, does that work? > > > I need to get that file open it has all my data! > > > > I do have a back up. > > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > -derek > > -- > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
