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

[Anita Graves]

Maf, unfortunately the only file that I can open is the .LNK extension.  The previous open file is in the list of files on my desktop that is right above the .LNK file (see the .pdf screenshots)  and when I try to open that, it always and repeatedly opens the .LNK file.  I have tried many times.  What I have not tried to do and will not because it might also wipe out my original good file is to delete the .LNK file and take my chances, which I am not willing to do now.  I really do not want to start this fiscal year all over again with all that data entry.
Anita

> On 4 Nov 2018, at 18:07, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Right.  first things first.  if GC crashes, it would be expected that a 
> <filename>.LCK and .LNK  would be left behind in the same folder as the datafile 
> that you were working on at the time.  The LNK file is supposed to be there 
> while GC is running normally!  It only got left behind because of the crash.
> 
> still not seeing any attachments.   If there are 2 instances of GC running , 
> what happens if you close one of them?
> 
> Maf.
> 
> 
> On Sunday, 4 November 2018 15:43:10 GMT you wrote:
>> Maf,
>> 
>> I am sorry.  Yes, I aways mean gnucash, not gnu.  I have the GnuCash icon in
>> the dock and when I click on it, it is supposed to open my program so I can
>> go to work.  One day I was working in that program, and specifically in the
>> checking account, and the program GnuCash crashed for a reason which I do
>> not know or understand.  When I tried to reopen it, it opened with this
>> crazy .LNK file and that file will not let me open the checking account and
>> if you look in my pdf attachment you can see that there is a window
>> screenshot in which there are two GnuCash programs open, one on top of the
>> other.
>> 
>> Anita
>> 
>>> On 4 Nov 2018, at 17:39, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> do you mean that you click on the "GNUCASH" icon to start GC running (is
>>> it in the dock thingie, on your desktop, in a menu somewhere?  Is it the
>>> same thing as  you used to click before you had the system crash?)   
>>> This is what I mean about being explicit.  "Gnu" and "Gnucash" mean
>>> different things to me.
>>> 
>>> remember, that I don't use a mac and am not very familiar at all with how
>>> OSX works.
>>> 
>>> does "the screen with these 2 images" say anything else?  can you describe
>>> the 2 images?
>>> 
>>> I appreciate that it is often hard to explain clearly what is going on,
>>> and
>>> frustrating that we are not understanding exactly what you are seeing.
>>> 
>>> Maf.
>>> 
>>> On Sunday, 4 November 2018 15:25:32 GMT Anita Graves 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.
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> -- 
> Maf. King
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