files

[Christine]

Hi john
Yes

-----Original Message-----
From: John Ralls [mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us] 
Sent: 14 November 2017 18:18
To: Christine
Cc: GnuCash
Subject: Re: files

Christine,

Please remember to copy the list on all replies.

Is it read-only because you got the "unable to obtain the lock" dialog and
selected "open read only"?

Regards,
John Ralls

> On Nov 14, 2017, at 10:12 AM, Christine <cmaloney4 at talktalk.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi john
> I have windows 7 and can't remember how I opened it before, but this 
> time I used open with and the file is read only so I cannot add more 
> to the accounts.
> Regards
> Christine
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Ralls [mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us]
> Sent: 14 November 2017 03:56
> To: Christine
> Cc: GnuCash
> Subject: Re: files
> 
> Christine,
> 
> That is what I meant. How did you then open the file in the new location?
> What operating system/distro are you using?
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
> 
>> On Nov 13, 2017, at 8:35 AM, Christine <cmaloney4 at talktalk.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi John
>> Sorry I panicked and could not find out where to send messages. 
>> Gnucash was not open when I placed the files in a folder. If that is 
>> what
> you mean.
>> Kind regards
>> Christine
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Ralls [mailto:jralls at ceridwen.us]
>> Sent: 13 November 2017 01:55
>> To: Christine
>> Cc: GnuCash
>> Subject: Re: files
>> 
>> 
>>> On Nov 12, 2017, at 4:27 PM, Christine via gnucash-user
>> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello
>>> All my files are on the desktop where I saved them. So I put them in 
>>> a folder and now when I try to open one of the pages, it asks me to 
>>> save it, if I click on save it wants a new path, how can I work from 
>>> a main folder pls?
>>> Christine
>>> 
>> 
>> Please don't reply to messages when you want to start a new thread, 
>> it doesn't work.
>> 
>> Was GnuCash running when you moved the files?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>> 
>> 
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