See below .LCK file cannot be opened

[David T.]

--- On Wed, 2/2/11, Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepfarm at mtdata.com> wrote:

> From: Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepfarm at mtdata.com>
> Subject: Re: See below .LCK file cannot be opened
> To: "Elizabeth Dodd" <edodd at billiau.net>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Date: Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 4:24 AM
> 
> >  
> >> As you point out, it's an OS-level problem. Should
> they point of all
> >> the ramifications of all OS characteristics?
> >> 
> >> Regardless, the OP solved their problem. And
> probably won't use an
> >> ampersand in a filename/directory name again. :-)
> >> 
> >> So we should probably let this drop.
> >>    
> > 
> > Once it is fully documented on the wiki.
> >  
> 
> And as I have been trying to point out, this is NOT just a
> matter of explicit avoidance of using certain file/directory
> names. Needs to include an explanation that USER NAMES (log
> in IDs) are restricted because these are implicit in a
> directory name in the data path. The typical Windows user is
> not going to understand that "don't use certain characters
> in file/directory names" MEANS "don't use certain characters
> in your log in name" unless we tell them that. And we need
> to tell them what to do. something that  makes sense
> for them to do. Thus not "change your user name to something
> legal for a 'nix operating system", not even "change your
> user name" because that is a lot of work for all their other
> applications and we can't expect them to know how to do that
> (I could change my T'Bird/FireFox data paths but could the
> naive Windows user?). We need to say something like "if your
> normal log in name isn't legal for gnucash create another
> user with a name that is and log in with that when you want
> to use gnucash".

This is a good idea. 

Why don't you edit the wiki? 

I would, but I am not a Windows user, and I am not clear on what characters/names are invalid to Gnucash under Windows.

David

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