GnuCash could not obtain the lock for file....

John Ralls jralls at ceridwen.us
Fri Apr 10 11:09:08 EDT 2015


> On Apr 10, 2015, at 8:03 AM, Allan <allanhasmail at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Where is the lock file I need to delete to fix this?

In the same directory as your data file, with the same name as your data file + .LC, e.g. myfile.gnucash.LCK.

But you don't need to delete it, just click "open anyway" in that dialog box after making sure that there isn't another instance of GnuCash running with the file open.

Regards,
John Ralls




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