Kay, If you happened to use the Open Read-Only option instead of the Open Anyway option, you will not be able to use the Save option but will have to Save As a different filename. If you do use the Open Anyway option you should be able to Save the file with the same filename.
David Carlson On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 7:26 PM David Cousens <[email protected]> wrote: > Kay > > If GnuCash is not closed properly,e.g. a crash the .LNK and .LCK files > created in your data directory prevent you from opening GnuCash. Section > 2.5.3 of the Tutorial guide covers them. > > 2.5.3. Lock files (.LNK and .LCK) > You may occasionally see .LNK and .LCK files appear. These do not store any > data, but they are created to prevent more than one user from opening the > same file at the same time. These files are automatically created when you > open the file, to lock it so no one else can access it. When you close your > GnuCash session or open another file, GnuCash unlocks the first data file > by > deleting the .LCK and .LNK files. > > If GnuCash crashes while you have a data file open, the .LCK and .LNK files > are not deleted. The next time you try to open GnuCash, you will get a > warning message that the file is locked. The warning message appears > because > the .LNK and .LCK files are still in your directory. It is safe to choose > Yes to open the file, but you should delete the .LNK and .LCK files (using > a > terminal window or your file manager). Once those files are deleted, you > will not get the warning message again unless GnuCash crashes. > > You will need to use your file manager to delete the files with these > extensions in the folder/directory in which your main file resides. They > should have the same filename as your main data file but with the .LNK and > .LCK file extensions. My experience on Linux is that when you select Open > Anyway, the previous .LNK and .LCK files will be deleted and new ones > created which should then be deleted when GNucash is closed properly. > There > is no need to use a new file name unless you explicitly want to change the > name of the data file. > > Many of GnuCash's operations automatically save data into the datafile so > nothing may happen when you hit the Save button (it is usually greyed out > in > these circumstances) if you have not created data which is not saved > implicitly. > > David Cousens. > > > > > > ----- > David Cousens > -- > Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
