[GNC] Accidentally Created .LNK file and now my entire GnuCash file is overwritten and I can't get back to work

[Anita Graves]

Dear Derek, that is exactly what I have done.  I have opened the dropdown menu then what you have said:  File>Open, and then I have browsed my computer looking for a file that pre-dates the .LNK one to see if it will open normally but I have found so far that all the files I have put into that action have resulted in the same .LNK file opening.  Nothing I can see is working.

Thanks, Derek,
Anita

> On 4 Nov 2018, at 17:40, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
> 
> Anita,
> 
> On a MAC, you cannot double-click on a file.  The "Open File" message
> doesn't get sent to GnuCash.  The way to open a specific file on GnuCash
> is to open GnuCash and then File -> Open from the menu.  It's the ONLY way
> you can open a specific data file on a Mac.
> 
> -derek
> 
> On Sun, November 4, 2018 10:25 am, Anita Graves via gnucash-user wrote:
>> Maf, when I click on the gnu icon to open the program, this screen with
>> these two images, one on top of the other comes up.  That is what opens
>> before my eyes.
>> 
>> I am going to convert my .jpg photos to .pdf files and send them to you.
>> Anita
>> 
>>> On 4 Nov 2018, at 17:23, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ok Anita,
>>> 
>>> I'm sure jpg files are perfectly possible to be sent via the list.  99%
>>> sure
>>> that I've seen them.  maybe convert to png as another option?
>>> 
>>> if you can't get images through, you're going to have to be a lot more
>>> specific
>>> about what you do and what you can see.
>>> 
>>> Where *exactly* do you see this superposition of the LNK file?  What do
>>> you
>>> click before you see it?  what happens when you start gnucash - does the
>>> "File
>>> is locked" message still come up?
>>> 
>>> MF.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sunday, 4 November 2018 15:15:23 GMT Anita Graves via gnucash-user
>>> wrote:
>>>> screenshots on a Mac are .jpg photo files.  I think your system does
>>>> not
>>>> allow these thru.
>>>> 
>>>> I am essentially locked out of my working mac file.  For example, this
>>>> .LNK
>>>> file will not let me open my account ‘checking’.  I cannot make any
>>>> entries
>>>> in my checking account, either debit or credit.  In fact, when I move
>>>> my
>>>> cursor there the file ‘checking’ will not even open a page for me.
>>>> 
>>>> I have essentially locked myself out of my own Gnc working file.  Now,
>>>> when
>>>> you could see the screen shots you could understand that the window
>>>> shows
>>>> the .LNK file superimposed on my other file that I need to get at.  It
>>>> is
>>>> literally shown on top of my file that I need to work with.  What I am
>>>> going to do is convert my .jpg screenshots to .pdf files and hope that
>>>> everyone can see what I am talking about.  I will do this and then
>>>> re-send
>>>> my original question.
>>>> 
>>>> How can I reverse that superimposition?  How can I reverse the lock?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Maf. King
>>> PGP Key fingerprint = 8D68 A91F 733B 2C1F 43B7  2B7C E591 E8E1 0DE7 C542
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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> 
> -- 
>       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>       derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
>       Computer and Internet Security Consultant
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