Your work is unlikely to be gone. By default (unless you changed it)
there is a preference set to periodically save the file. The lock file
issue is because either GnuCash crashed, or you shut down the computer
without closing the app first.
Open the app, (choose 'open anyway' if you like, but as you noted, there
was nothing there) then go to File > Open and then navigate to your
file. GnuCash *should* remember the last file used, but if something
goes awry and it does not, then you can simply point it back to the
proper file.
If you are on a Mac, you *cannot* open a file by double-clicking it. You
have to open the app first, then use File > Open. While double-clicking
should work on Windows & Linux, in this case, I'd say it is safer to use
File > Open.
Regards,
Adrien
On 3/14/23 3:24 PM, Chip Reid wrote:
I am totally fed up with Quickbooks so I spent some time investigating
other options. I really liked what I saw with GNUCash, so I downloaded and
installed it. I spent ALL day yesterday inputting all my 2023 transactions
for 2 bank accounts and 3 credit cards. I try to open the program today
and I get a message about GNUCash not being able to get a lock on the
file. I know it was not in use because I had just booted up the laptop, so
I clicked open anyway. All my work from yesterday is gone. Nothing. Can
someone please help. This is very discouraging.
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