OK, lets try to get to the bottom of this.
When I say I have had issues, I am unaware that I should not take the
suggestion of 'open anyway' unless....
I have tried several times to get an answer to why I have had this
issue, and what to do about it.
I think I said in the OP that the message I have been getting about not
having rights was not the first 'save' but I think I may have had finger
problems, around then, as I said in the OP.
I will try, again, to send the list of files, I thought I had created a
jpg.....
For information, the file that opens today when I start Gnucash is -
GNU FEB 12 2019.gnucash.20230730134528 If that is the date and time for
the file I had open it coincides with my recollection of the date and
time I was working when the message 'could not write to file, etc., arose.
As you said there are multiple files opened since.
Barry
On 06/08/2023 18:12, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
On 8/6/23 6:23 AM, Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user wrote:
Quite correct....
For a very long time I have had an issue that when I click the app,
it loads, but after the perl stuff it says"cannot find the file -
open anyway?"
The lock file message occurs when there is a lock file (.lck) on the
last used file.
Lock files are created when GnuCash opens a file and they are deleted
when GnuCash cleanly exits.
Thus, the presence of a lock file means one of two things:
1. The file is indeed open already. (maybe the app is minimized, or
maybe the window for it is on an external monitor)
2. GnuCash did not cleanly shut down the last time it was used and the
lock file remained.
Only if you know for a fact that you are dealing with case #2 is it
okay to proceed with "open anyway".
From time to time, seemingly randomly, it opens the (presumably last
used) file and away I go.
I don't think I've ever seen GnuCash continue to do anything unless
I've chosen an option from the lockscreen warning. If you are
observing different behavior, I'd call that a bug.
I am always careful.
Apparently not if you 'presume' the file that gets opened is the last
used one without making sure. (the file name is in the window title
bar) And by the names and counts of the files you've provided so far,
it indeed wasn't the last used file, but a backup. And this has
happened many times.
But no matter. While you weren't very clear, It appears you are
opening the app via an app shortcut, and NOT double-clicking the data
file. If you instead double-click the file, please advise.
Let's move on to cleaning this up. It looks like you started yet
another thread (not sure why) with a screenshot showing a File
Explorer list, but it didn't come through. If you can get that
screenshot to upload (JPG, BMP should work) and we can see the full
file list with modified and created dates, we can help you sort the mess.
Regards,
Adrien
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