Thanks, Robert. Apparently, unlike most Windows Users you may be acquainted with, I almost always shut down any program I am using once finished.
In this particular case, I know I shut GnuCast down. However, I DID try and reopen it within 60 seconds of shutting GC down. I think that is the cause of my "lock-out". Your explanation is helpful, but doesn't touch on how I get around this issue. I have rebooted my PC and am still locked out of GnuCash, with the same error message. Plus - I can see the *.gnucash.LCK* file with a time stamp of 8:44am this morning (my local time is now 1.11pm). Thanks! Megan in Sydney On Wed, 30 Oct 2024 at 11:19, Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> wrote: > 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.
