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

[Maf. King]

OK, the 3 screenshots have made it through.

I don't understand - you said you had 2 gnucashes superimposed, but I can only 
see a single instance in the 3rd screenshot, which has the data file "LSA 
Nicosia (s) BE 175.gnucash" open.  That looks to me like it is what you want, 
from the earlier directory listings.

in your prior screenshots, of the file manager program listing the contents of 
the folder  "Alter Ego / Users / anitagraves / Desktop / Gnucash"    the .LNK 
has no data in it.. so GC wouldn't be able to open it and show you a chart of 
accounts.  if you delete the .LNK file, as it is 0 bytes in length, you surely 
can't loose anything.  

Once again, from that screen listing files, you CAN NOT click on one of those 
files and get GC to open it.  Open GC first, then File -> open, but I think you 
have the correct file open in the 3rd screenshot anyway.

Maf - who is now more confused than ever!


On Sunday, 4 November 2018 16:11:12 GMT Anita Graves wrote:
> 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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