[GNC] Can not Open File

[David Carlson]

You did not tell us which release of Gnucash you are using.

If you just switched to release 3.0, that is very likely your problem.

The solution is to revert  to release 2.6.21 or earlier.

David C

On Sun, Apr 22, 2018, 8:26 PM Phillip Walsh <phillipivanwalsh at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have recently moved to a new laptop running Windows 10
> I have three .gnucash files, Walsh, PSF and LOA, all stored on Dropbox.
>
> Gnucash opens Walsh and PSF but LOA gives the message  "Gnucash could not
> obtain lock file"
>
> I have read various posts and deleted the Lock files.
>
> When I then "Open anyway" I get "gnucash.exe has stopped working"
>
> I have many loa*****.gnucash files dating back many months, have not tried
> them all but the ones I have selected do the same.
>
> I have copied the files from Dropbox to a new folder and tried opening but
> no go.
>
> Any suggestions
>
>
> Phillip Walsh
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