[GNC] No longer able to access my accounting software

[Vik Sha]

Sorry, I thought I had attached the error messages, but here they are as a second trial. In case you do not receive the attachments, the messages are termed as under :

"GnuCash could not obtain the lock for /Users/vrcs/ Accounting and Bookkeeping 2025-26.gnucash.
That database may be in use by another user, in which case you should not open the database. What would you like to do?
Open Read-Only
Create New File
Open Anyway
& Open Folder
GnuCash u
Version: 5.4, Build ID: 5.3-412-g53245caebf+(2023-09-23)
Loading data..
shot
100am
Quit”

I hope this helps for you to resolve the problem
Thanks




> On 10 Jun 2025, at 11:20 am, Vik Sha <questmore12 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Hello
> I have been using Gnucash for the past three years and suddenly this morning, I cannot access it and am unable to open the program. I keep getting the following messages every time I try to open it :    PLEASE HELP. HOW DO I GET TO MY ACCOUNTING RECORDS WHICH 
> I NEED DESPERATELY. YOU MAY PLEASE REPLY TO MY MAIN EMAIL : vikasrshah at gmail.com
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> Many thanks
> Vikas Shah
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