Start-up Problem

[John]

On Thursday 04 March 2004 07:12 pm, you wrote:
> ------Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kjorling <michael at kjorling.com>
> Sent: Thursday 04 March 2004 05:49 pm
> To: johnb51 at earthlink.net
> Cc: GnuCash User <gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: Start-up Problem
>
> >On Mar 4 2004, johnb51 at earthlink.net wrote:
> >> When starting gnu-cash 1.8.6 a window comes up asking "gnu-cash
> >> cannot obtain the lock for (long list of file #,s)log.xac. The
> >> database may be in use by another user, in which case you should
> >> not open the database. What would you like to do?" How do we
> >> correct this since it is a single user account?
> >
> >If you are certain that no other GnuCash session is running and
> > accessing the files, I would say go ahead and tell it to open the
> > database anyway. The lock *should* then clear up when you exit.
> >
> >I encountered this message after the computer rebooted while
> > GnuCash was running, due to a power failure (circuit breakers
> > tripped).
>
> Johnb51,
>
> Michael is correct in his advice. This .lck file should clear (be
> deleted) by GnuCash when it exits properly. If for some reason
> GnuCash exited improperly (crashed; as Michael describes), then
> this .lck file will remain and you will get the message that you
> did when you next start up.
>
> John R

John R
Can this file be deleted manually and if so how? I guess the problem 
is why isn't it deleting this file?
Thanks for your response
Debbie