accessing GC file on a network folder
John Ralls
jralls at ceridwen.us
Sat Jul 23 13:40:04 EDT 2016
> On Jul 23, 2016, at 1:07 AM, __ <tereque at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> What exact version of GnuCash are you running now? (In your first
> message you said you're running "GC 6.7.7" which isn't a version of GnuCash
> I am aware of.)
>
> sorry. I meant 2.6.3. that is also the gc version the file was created
> in (Win, 32 bit). Now I have installed 2.6.13 but still get the same
> error. And I get the same error with 3 different GC files. So i'd say
> that a bad file being the reason is then not too likely (I mean
> incidently haveing 3 files that became bad in the exact same moment)
>
>>> Did you make a backup copy of the data file before copying it to the
> shared volume? (You might try backing up the current file and carefully
> restoring an old file from backup to see if it opens as expected. Watch out
> so you don't accidentally erase your known good data file.)
>
> the files I am trying to open on a different machine are backups
> (copies). My laptop just completely died (HD is dead) and I am trying to
> revive things on a substitute machine with the copies I made earlier.
> Those are copies made with Areca backup software
Please open one of the files in Notepad and paste the first line into a reply.
Regards,
John Ralls
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