Message: Cannot Find Lock

[John Donnee]

Thank Dave. I was working on a iMac desktop computer. I must have left the application open before I shut the system down.

John Donnee
910.622.8111
317 Mt. Eden Place
Cary, NC 27518

dataplan GmbH

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> On Oct 26, 2015, at 2:06 AM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I think the message is worded a  little differently, as it happens when GnuCash left a lock in the file location because it did not close properly and cancel the lock the last time it had the file open.  
> 
> One possibility is that you are using a laptop and you let the  battery run down while GnuCash is running.  If that is the  case, there is a chance that GnuCash did not make an automatic backup between the time you made your last entry and the time your battery died, so you may lose some of your work.  It is not recommended to let that happen, but it usually is not serious if you simply forgot to close the program when you left your computer turned on.
> 
> Another possibility is that you use more than one computer to work on the same file, and the other computer is currently using the file.  Then there can be serious conflicts, and the work done on one of the computers is very likely to be lost.  Then it is wise to open the file read-only or wait until the other program has closed the file on the other computer.
> 
> 
> David  C
> 
>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 2:19 PM, John Donnee <jdonnee at ec.rr.com> wrote:
>> Every once in a while I get this message. I usually do a "Open Anyway" only because I don't know what the message means. I have not seen any problems by doing it the way I do it.
>> 
>> Can someone explain what it is and what I should do?
>> Thanks
>> John Donnee
>> 910.622.8111
>> 317 Mt. Eden Place
>> Cary, NC 27518
>> 
>> dataplan GmbH
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
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