[GNC] problem obtaining lock

[David T.]

On a side question: why are you putting your GnuCash data file in the (hidden) system folder AppData? I'm not sure that's advised... 

On August 12, 2026 8:32:21 PM GMT+05:30, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
>To expand on Wm Tarr's response, GnuCash create a "lock" file when it opens
>your books (at startup) and will delete the lock file when it closes your
>books (or when you exit). You should always cleanly exit from GnuCash before
>you logout, shutdown, or reboot your computer.
>
>At Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:55:25 -0400 Marty Landman <martster at gmail.com> 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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