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[David Carlson]

What O S are you installing into and what version are you installing?
The help files come along automatically in Windows and most Linux packages.

David C


On Oct 11, 2017 11:18 PM, "frank raney" <frankraney130 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I can't find the documentation to tell me where to put the help files.  I
> put them in the same dir as the program but when I click on help, I am told
> it can not be found.
>
> *Frankie Raney*
> *12454 Auberry Rd.
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=12454+Auberry+Rd._Clovis,+Ca_&entry=gmail&source=g>*
> *Clovis, Ca
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=12454+Auberry+Rd._Clovis,+Ca_&entry=gmail&source=g>.*
> *559.297.8577 <(559)%20297-8577> H*
> *559.304.1751 <(559)%20304-1751> C*
>
> On 10/11/2017 2:14:08 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> I forgot to mention that there is a setting somewhere called "Use Trading
> Accounts" that turns that feature on or off.  I think it is mentioned
> somewhere in the documentation.
>
> David C
>
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 4:07 PM, David Carlson <
> david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Frank,
>>
>> There is still a problem with Gnucash on your computer because it should
>> not be crashing.
>>
>> It may be somehow related to the account named Trading that GnuCash
>> created.  Normally, GnuCash will only create that account for users that
>> know that they want to use a special feature that is there for investors to
>> use to help with capital gains calculations, and it normally isn't used by
>> most people.
>>
>> Actually, I am not sure how to safely delete that account (and prevent it
>> from coming back) if you do not want it, because it contains transfers to
>> and from your security accounts.  Perhaps a developer or another user can
>> advise us about that.   That is still not the cause of the crash, the
>> developers may need more details about that.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> David C
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Aaron Laws <dartme18 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 3:31 PM, frank raney <frankraney130 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > I just answered my own question..........The lck file is a temporary
>>> file
>>> > when the main file is opened.  I opened my file read only, resaved it.
>>> > closed it and the lck file went away.  I opened the file in a smaller
>>> > window so I coiuld see my directory and the lck file appeared
>>> again......it
>>> > went away when I closed the file......so.........what was happening
>>> was,
>>> > when the program crashed, it did not close the lck file, and when I
>>> tried
>>> > to reopen it, it thought it was in use........wala......Im back in
>>> > business...
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Frankie Raney
>>> > 12454 Auberry Rd.
>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=12454+Auberry+Rd.+%0D+%3E+Clovis,+Ca&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>> > Clovis, Ca
>>> <https://maps.google.com/?q=12454+Auberry+Rd.+%0D+%3E+Clovis,+Ca&entry=gmail&source=g>
>>> .
>>> > 559.297.8577 H
>>> > 559.304.1751 C
>>>
>>>
>>> That lck file is the mechanism by which gnucash ensures that each file is
>>> only opened once at a time. If that file is there, that means gnucash is
>>> using the corresponding ".gnucash" file. Of course, if gnucash crashes
>>> and
>>> is unable to delete that .lck file, it will superexist the gnucash
>>> process.
>>> In this case, the correct choice is "open anyway", and copying everything
>>> first is an excellent idea, too.
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