[GNC] File locked ?

[David Cousens]

Tim,

Go to the directory your data file is located in. There should be a file with
the same name as the data file but with a".LCK" file extension. If there is if
you delete it you should be able to open the main daya file. The other
possibility is that your username does not have the permissions necessary to
open the file in that location, particularly if you have it in a location which
can be opened by multiple user's. If another user has previously opened the file
you may have to login as that user to delete thelogfile (or as an
administrator). The ".LCK" file is to prevent the data file being opened 
simulataneously by more than a single user.

David Cousens


On Wed, 2023-03-01 at 19:59 +0000, TimR via gnucash-user wrote:
> I am a new user having just switched to GnuCash by importing from a Quicken
> QIF file. All seemed to be going well for several sessions. Today in trying
> to open Gnucash I have received the following error message:
> 
> "GnuCash could not obtain the lock for D:\Raymond.Current.gnucash."
> 
> How do I solve this?
> 
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