There are still scenarios where a power outage happens or the user shuts Windows down thinking all programs are safely closed when that is not true, as two of innumerable examples.
On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 4:14 PM R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > You wrote "if shutting down GnuCash" - do you mean shutting down Windows > while GnuCash is running with an unsaved file? > > It's nice that Windows notes if LibreOffice is running, but I always assume > I'll lose data if I shut down with unsaved files and I normally close down > everything I'm running before I shut down or restart Windows. > > I thought that if I attempted to shut down GnuCash without first saving the > file, that I get a warning, but I haven't done that it a while. > > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 11:31 AM Dr. David Kirkby < > drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > > > I'm running GnuCash 4.12 on linux, and 4.13 on Windows. If I try to shut > > down Windows, it detects programs like LibraOffice are running, and does > > not shut down until I have confirmed if I want to save the data or not. > I'm > > no fan of Windoze,. but I can see the point of that. > > > > There's no similar warning if shutting down GnuCash with a file open. > One > > just gets the warning the next time GnuCash opens that it can't get the > > lock on the file, and offering the change to open read-only, quit, open > > anyway - or something like that from memory. > > > > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > 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. > > > > > -- > _________________________________ > Richard Losey > rlo...@gmail.com > Micah 6:8 > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > 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. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: 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.
