[GNC] Can not Open File

Phillip Walsh phillipivanwalsh at gmail.com
Sun Apr 22 22:56:43 EDT 2018


Ok. Will the problem be fixed in the next release?

On Mon, 23 Apr. 2018, 12:55 pm David Carlson, <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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