If you improperly close Gnucash it will leave behind a lock file, which Gnucash takes to mean that Gnucash already running -- Gnucash does not support multiple concurrent instances using the same datafile and checks for this case. Improperly closing Gnucash happens when you do something like shutdown MS-Windows while Gnucash is still running -- DON'T DO THAT. *Always* cleanly exit Gnucash before logging out / shutting down your computer. (I know MS-Windows users have been "trained" not to exit applications. And I have seen applications that lack any sort of "exit" option. Dumb. Really Dumb.)
Generally, you can select "Open Anyway". But it is best to avoid this by properly exiting Gnucash: File=>Exit. At Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:53:54 +1100 Megan Tilley <megan.til...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone, I occasionally receive this message, but I can not find its > definition anywhere. > > I am the only user on this Win10 platform, and if GC is closed, and does > not appear in TaskManager, isn't it "closed"? > > My options are to - Open Read-only; create New file; Open Anyway; Open > Folder. > > 1) what does the error mean? > 2) which option should I select? > 3) what happens if I select incorrectly? > > Thanks! > > > Megan in Sydney > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > > -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services _______________________________________________ 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.
