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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