[GNC] Could not obtain the lock for **GnuCash-datafilestring**

[Robert Heller]

At Wed, 30 Oct 2024 11:59:41 -0500 R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> She is running Windows 10 (she said in her original post; see what I kept
> below)... but not sure which version of GnuCash is being used.
> 
> Robert, note that there was a GnuCash bug in the Windows version that left
> a process running that caused this problem.

Yes, I saw posts about that.

> 
> 
> On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 8:48 AM Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Yes, if "GC closing down by itself (as in  - a failure of the app)" --
> > that is
> > it is "crashing", the LOCK will be left behind.
> >
> > It sounds like something is wrong.  *I* know nothing about MS-Windows.
> > Can
> > you post here the exact version of Gnucash and the version of MS-Windows
> > you
> > are running?  Someone on this list can probably help you find out what is
> > wrong.
> >
> > > >> > At Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:53:54 +1100 Megan Tilley <
> > megan.tilley at gmail.com
> > > >> > wrote:
> > > >> > >
> > > >> > > I am the only user on this Win10 platform,...
> 
> 

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