[GNC] New to GnuCash SQLite on Windows: I have questions

brad bradhaack at fastmail.com
Fri Apr 22 21:39:22 EDT 2022


On ubuntu linux the X shuts it down cleanly.

On 4/21/22 06:36, Derek Atkins wrote:
> On Thu, April 21, 2022 8:11 am, Chris Green wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 08:07:03AM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>> GnuCash deletes the LNK files when it shuts down cleanly.  If they still
>>> exist, that means either GnuCash is running with those files open, or
>>> GnuCash was NOT shut down cleanly when they had those files open.  In
>>> the
>>> latter case, either you used the [x] to close it, or shut down the
>> You mean I'm not supposed to use th X (top right in window) when I
>> close down GnuCash!  Every other program I have ever used shuts down
>> cleanly when one does this!
> That very much depends on the OS and Window Manager.  Sometimes it does,
> but sometimes it forcibly quits the application and doesn't allow it to
> shut down cleanly.  Is it really that hard to File -> Quit (or Cntl-Q)
> instead of using the [x]?
>
> Have you never noticed the "File is already in use" messages?
>
>> Chris Green
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> -derek
>



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