Gnucash 2.2.9 and Windows 7 issues?

[Derek Atkins]

trythis <grahamlane at gmail.com> writes:

> Maximo Barawid wrote:
>> 
>> I've been using v2.2.9 for 7 months now and I am very pleased with what I
>> can achieve with it.  But recently, I am having problems in Windows 7.  I
>> have a XP Pro SP3 desktop where I normally use Gnucash for my small
>> business, no problems.  Recenly I bought a laptop with Windows 7 OS and
>> install v2.2.9.  Copied the file from my desktop to my thumb drive, open
>> it and I got this message "gnucash could not obtain the lock for
>> I:\bin\mybusiness.  That database may be in use by another user, in which
>> case you should not open the database."  I selected Open Anyway and it did
>> open the file.  The second problem is that, there are times that when I
>> edit and Invoice or create another account or move an account, Windows
>> tells me that gnucash-bin.exe stopped responding.  Sometimes even saving
>> my work gives me this message.  Are there anyone else who are experiencing
>> this?  Are there any issues related with Windows7
>> 
>> 
> This happens to me All the time.  I found a thread where you can open a
> blank file, then open your file, then import the log files that post date
> the last XAC file in order then save the file as a different name.
> It keeps happening even so, but at least you dont have to manually re-enter
> the data.
>
> I thought saving before I closed would solve the problem, but It still
> happens to some extent.  I might just try saving the file as a different
> name each time. I would alternate them to prevent having 40 different files.

Could this be a filesystem/permission issue on the USB Token?
What happens if you copy the datafile to a local directory?

-derek

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