Error Message "No suitable backend was found for file:...."

[Derek Atkins]

Forwarding for everyone's edification.
-derek

"John Mitchell" <john at lillianservices.com> writes:

> Derek: Your questions got me to think in a different direction and I
> found a file from last Friday on my backup drive. I’m back in
> business.
>
> Many thanks for your help.
>
> John W. Mitchell
> Lillian Services LLC
> (251) 597-9257
> From: Derek Atkins [mailto:derek at ihtfp.com] 
> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 7:44 PM
> To: John Mitchell <john at lillianservices.com>; gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Error Message "No suitable backend was found for file:...."
>
> Hi,
> What file, exactly, are you trying to load. And what version(s) of
> gnucash are involved?
>
> This error happens, generally, for two reasons.  1) you're opening a
> bogus data file. For example if you open a .gcm file instead of a
> .gnucash file... or somehow your data file got overwritten, like if
> it's stored in your metadata directory.  Or 2) you were running an old
> version of gnucash with a buggy compression library and it corrupted
> the datafile.
>
> For #1, open the right file.  For #2 you might need to revert to a backup.
>
> -derek
>
> Sent from my mobile device. Please excuse any typos.
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "John Mitchell" <mailto:john at lillianservices.com>
> To: <mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Error Message "No suitable backend was found for file:...."
> Date: Mon, Oct 24, 2016 8:20 PM
>
>  Closed my GnuCash program yesterday and restarted my Windows 10 PC. Tried
> to open my program later and am getting the above error message. Can anyone
> help me recover my data?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John W. Mitchell
> Lillian Services LLC
> (251) 597-9257
>
>
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