gnu cash crashing

[Edward Hardy]

Will do. Sorry to be making some errors of protocol here :-)

Update: installed GC on another machine and opened a previous version of 
the account file prior to crash. No problems so far, so it appears that 
somehow my accounts file became corrupted.

Best

Edward

On 19/01/2014 20:21, Geert Janssens wrote:
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> Hi Edward,
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> Regarding the trace file, I added a link to my reply that should help 
> you find the trace file. I'll repeat it here:
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> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows#Error_messages.2C_Trace_file
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> Hth,
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> Geert
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> On Sunday 19 January 2014 18:41:18 Edward Hardy wrote:
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> > Hi Geert
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> > How do I find the trace file?
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> > On 19/01/2014 18:38, Geert Janssens wrote:
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> > > On Sunday 19 January 2014 18:33:16 Edward Hardy wrote:
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> > > > Sorry, should have said;
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> > > > Running GC 2.6 on Windows7.
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> > > Can you check the contents of the gnucash trace file for clues or
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> > > post it to the list.
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> > > http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows#Error_messages.2C_Trace_file
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> > > Geert
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> > > > Further info: GC now crashes each time I run a report with same
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> > > > error
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> > > > messages. Other operations seem fine, e.g. entering an expense and
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> > > >
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> > > > saving.
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> > > >
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> > > > Hi there
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> > > >
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> > > > - Ran a P&L report.
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> > > >
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> > > > - Tried changing the accounting period in Preferences.
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> > > >
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> > > > - Tried refreshing the report
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> > > >
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> > > > - GnuCash crashed.
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> > > > - Now when I open the file (every time)
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> > > > "GnuCash could not obtain the lock file."
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> > > > Then I click "Open Anyway"
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> > > > Then I try and run a report
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> > > > "This application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an
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> > > > unusual way. "
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> > > > Any ideas?
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> > > > Best
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> > > >
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> > > > Edward
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> > > >
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