Hi Randy, No, waiting doesn't change the outcome. I did some tests. On my Windows 11 Laptop, Gnucash has trouble saving to folders with Greek names. I tried to save the file on my Desktop, in a folder with greek characters, and gave me the exact same error message. I don't understand if it's a Gnucash thing, a Windows 11 thing, or something else entirely.
Dimitrios Στις Κυρ 5 Απρ 2026 στις 2:43 μ.μ., ο/η Randy Orrison <[email protected]> έγραψε: > Hi, > > When I used Dropbox I used to get that message. If I waited a few seconds > then tried again, it would save successfully. > > I think I have Gnucash set up to save periodically, and that after a save > Dropbox locks the file as it uploads it. If you then manually do a save > while it's uploading, Dropbox will have the file locked. > > Randy > > On Sun, 5 Apr 2026, at 10:34 AM, Dimitrios Dalagiorgos wrote: > > Dear Fred, > > Yes, I can create a new file in that directory. I can even make a copy of > the original .gnucash file, but I can't save changes to that file either. I > even created a dummy .gnucash file, made some changes, and tried to save it > to that directory. Nope, it won't let me, same message. I can do any file > transaction I want via Windows Explorer, but I can't save the file directly > from Gnucash. > > Στις Κυρ 5 Απρ 2026 στις 12:24 μ.μ., ο/η Fred Bone <[email protected]> > έγραψε: > > > On 05 April 2026 at 12:00, Dimitrios Dalagiorgos said: > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > I have two laptops. Both are configured to use OneDrive and Dropbox. > > > > > > I used to save my .gnucash file on a Dropbox folder and as long as I > used > > > only Laptop A, everything worked fine. > > > > > > When I open the same file from Dropbox on Laptop B, make a change, and > > try > > > to save it, I get the following error message: > > > > > > Gnucash could not write to [path]. That database may be on a read-only > > > file > system, you may not have write permission for the directory or > > your > > > > anti-virus softare is preventing this action. > > > > > > > > > Saving works only on a local folder, e.g. Documents, or Desktop. Trying > > to > > > save it on OneDrive, or Dropbox, even with a different filename, > doesn't > > > work. > > > > > > I don't understand why. > > > > Can you create a new .TXT (for example) file in that directory? If not > > then it isn't a Gnucash problem but a Dropbox / Onedrive configuration > > problem. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
