[GNC] Could not obtain the lock for **GnuCash-datafilestring**
Keith McKenna
keith.mckenna at comcast.net
Tue Dec 24 09:06:40 EST 2024
Robert Heller wrote:
> If you improperly close Gnucash it will leave behind a lock file, which
> Gnucash takes to mean that Gnucash already running -- Gnucash does not support
> multiple concurrent instances using the same datafile and checks for this
> case. Improperly closing Gnucash happens when you do something like shutdown
> MS-Windows while Gnucash is still running -- DON'T DO THAT. *Always* cleanly
> exit Gnucash before logging out / shutting down your computer. (I know
> MS-Windows users have been "trained" not to exit applications. And I have
> seen applications that lack any sort of "exit" option. Dumb. Really Dumb.)
>
> Generally, you can select "Open Anyway". But it is best to avoid this by
> properly exiting Gnucash: File=>Exit.
>
> At Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:53:54 +1100 Megan Tilley <megan.tilley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi everyone, I occasionally receive this message, but I can not find its
>> definition anywhere.
>>
>> I am the only user on this Win10 platform, and if GC is closed, and does
>> not appear in TaskManager, isn't it "closed"?
>>
>> My options are to - Open Read-only; create New file; Open Anyway; Open
>> Folder.
>>
>> 1) what does the error mean?
>> 2) which option should I select?
>> 3) what happens if I select incorrectly?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> Megan in Sydney
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> Robert;
Just because you do not like windows; please do not insult those of us
that use it. Windows does not train people too do things a certain way,
is is just not that smart. Any user of any operating system that shuts
down the system while program(s) are still running deserves the mess
that they get.
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