[GNC] Can not Open File

[David Carlson]

We are keeping our fingers crossed.  God willing and the creek don't rise...





On Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 9:56 PM, Phillip Walsh <phillipivanwalsh at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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> Phillip I Walsh
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