gnu cash crashing

John Ralls jralls at ceridwen.us
Sun Jan 19 13:43:20 EST 2014


On Jan 19, 2014, at 10:33 AM, Edward Hardy <hardyedward at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Sorry, should have said;
> 
> Running GC 2.6 on Windows7.
> 
> Further info: GC now crashes each time I run a report with same error messages. Other operations seem fine, e.g. entering an expense and saving.
> 
> 
> Hi there
> 
> - Ran a P&L report.
> - Tried changing the accounting period in Preferences.
> - Tried refreshing the report
> - GnuCash crashed.
> 
> - Now when I open the file (every time)
> "GnuCash could not obtain the lock file."
> Then I click "Open Anyway"
> Then I try and run a report
> "This application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. "

That message is just the standard Windows crash message. For how to proceed, see
http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Something_bad_happened.3B_how_can_I_help_debug.3F

Crashes are bugs, so read the next item as well.

Regards,
John Ralls


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