Error Message "No suitable backend was found for file:...."

[Derek Atkins]

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-derek

"John Mitchell" <john at lillianservices.com> writes:

> Hi, Derek, and thank you for your assistance. I’m trying to load
> LSLLC2016r1,gnucash. Before my problem, it always opened when I opened my
> GnuCash app. I was using version 2.6.5 but have upgraded to 2.6.14 in trying
> to solve my problem, which it did not. I have searched my hard drive, backup
> drive and cloud and can’t find the file, only shortcuts which are no longer
> valid.
>
> John W. Mitchell
>
> Lillian Services LLC
>
> (251) 597-9257
>
> From: Derek Atkins [mailto:derek at ihtfp.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 7:44 PM
> To: John Mitchell <john at lillianservices.com>; gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Error Message "No suitable backend was found for file:....";
>
> Hi,
>
> What file, exactly, are you trying to load. And what version(s) of gnucash are
> involved?
>
> This error happens, generally, for two reasons.  1) you're opening a bogus
> data file. For example if you open a .gcm file instead of a .gnucash file...
> or somehow your data file got overwritten, like if it's stored in your
> metadata directory.  Or 2) you were running an old version of gnucash with a
> buggy compression library and it corrupted the datafile.
>
> For #1, open the right file.  For #2 you might need to revert to a backup.
>
> -derek
>
> Sent from my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "John Mitchell" <john at lillianservices.com>
> To: <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Error Message "No suitable backend was found for file:....";
> Date: Mon, Oct 24, 2016 8:20 PM
>
>  Closed my GnuCash program yesterday and restarted my Windows 10 PC. Tried
>
> to open my program later and am getting the above error message. Can anyone
>
> help me recover my data?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John W. Mitchell
>
> Lillian Services LLC
>
> (251) 597-9257
>
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