[GNC] Can not Open File

[David Carlson]

Only if you don't want to open those data files

David C

On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 9:40 PM, Phillip Walsh <phillipivanwalsh at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Had switched to 3.0.
> Reinstalled 2.6.1, problem resolved.
> Should I try 3.0 again?
>
> On Mon, 23 Apr 2018 at 12:22 David Carlson <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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