I’ll do that from now on now that I know it’s safe
> On Mar 13, 2019, at 1:48 PM, D <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > 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.
