If you have rebooted your computer since you've last run GnuCash and you know that GnuCash is not running on any other computer accessing that file, you may safely use the "Open anyway" option - it seems to deleted the old .LCK file, create a new one, and open your file.
On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 9:13 PM Megan Tilley <megan.til...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. > -- _________________________________ 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.
