[GNC] HELP! No lock!?

[Derek Atkins]

I would think just clicking "Open Anyway" would be easier.
But glad you got it working :)

-derek

On Wed, March 13, 2019 2:28 pm, Jack Slater wrote:
> Hi Derek - I used Tom's answer:
> Simple fix. Close GNUCash. Use File Explorer to navigate to your GC data
> folder. Near the bottom you'll see a file with type LCK. Delete it. Open
> GC and enjoy.
>
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 1:22 PM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jack,
>>
>>
>> On Wed, March 13, 2019 2:09 pm, Jack Slater wrote:
>> > Just tried to start up GC. Fresh boot of Win 10 PC and I get a message
>> > window:
>> >
>> > "GnuCash could not obtain the lock for C:\" ( etc. file location)
>> >
>> > option to open read only (wont work for me!),create new file, open
>> anyway,
>> > quit
>>
>> First thing to try:  Do you have another copy of GnuCash open?
>> If NOT...  What happens of you try "Open Anyway"?
>>
>> Here's what's going on.  When GnuCash is open, it creates the lock file
>> to
>> ensure a second copy doesn't grab the file and possibly cause you to
>> lose
>> data.  If you shut down the computer while GnuCash was still running
>> then
>> GnuCash didn't exit cleanly and, as a result, didn't delete the lock
>> file.
>>
>> The "Open Anyway" option is basically your way to tell GnuCash that this
>> is what happened.
>>
>> So, does that work?
>>
>> > I need to get that file open it has all my data!
>> >
>> > I do have a back up.
>>
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>>
>> -derek
>>
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>>
>>
>


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       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
       derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
       Computer and Internet Security Consultant