[GNC] problem obtaining lock

[Wm Tarr]

Close GnuCash before the restart.

Wm

On 2026-08-12 14:55, Marty Landman wrote:
> My wife and I have been using Gnucash for a few years now for our 
> small business, and the one problem that keeps happening is after my 
> Windows 11 Home edition updates and I have to restart Gnucash I get 
> the following message:
>
>
> Gnucash could not obtain the lock for C:
> \Users\Admin\AppData\Local\GnuCash.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?
>
>
> I select 'open anyway', then open, close, and then reopen it and the 
> error goes away.   What is going on? How can I prevent this error from 
> happening in the first place?
>
>
> Marty
>
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