Could not obtain the lock

[David Carlson]

It sounds like you are starting GnuCash more times than you are shutting it
down.  GnuCash can open more than one instance at a time, which would cause
the same message.

Take care to return to the open instance rather than starting a new
instance when you return, because it is possible to lose data from the
first instance when the second instance is shut down.

David C

On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 1:40 AM, Alain Dormoy <cageda at free.fr> wrote:

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> De : "Colin Law" <clanlaw at gmail.com>
> Date : vendredi 1 septembre 2017 13:12
> À : "Alain Dormoy" <cageda at free.fr>
> Cc : <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Objet : Re: Could not obtain the lock
>
> On 1 September 2017 at 11:51, Alain Dormoy <cageda at free.fr> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> More often than not, when I launch GnuCash, I get the message:
>>>
>>> Gnucash could not obtain the lock for file:\.......\filename.gnucash
>>>
>>> I click "Open anyway" and it works normally. So I can't say I really care
>>> but it's a bit puzzling.
>>>
>>> Anyone has an explanation and can I do something to change that?
>>>
>>
>> That normally happens when GC has not been closed down correctly. How
>> are you closing it?
>> Also which operating system are you using and which version GC?
>>
>> Colin
>>
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> I'm using Windows 7.
> I normally close GC before turning my computer off. But I hardly turn it
> off more than once a week and the "incident" I'm refering to happens most
> every day.
>
> Alain
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