This question gets asked every few weeks and, despite being front and centre in the FAQ, this has been the case for years and years.
It occurs to me that a “More Info…” button in the dialog yielding a text similar to Steve’s reply might help. Should be pretty trivial to implement. Thoughts? Paul > On Aug 12, 2026, at 10:41 AM, Marty Landman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, that makes perfect sense. > >> On 8/12/2026 10:38 AM, Steve Butler wrote: >> When you open a file, the lock is established. When you close the program >> or switch to a different file, the lock is removed. If you fail to close >> the program before reboot, the file may not be updated and the lock isn't >> removed. The file will be in whatever state it was in when the last save >> was done. >> >> So, be sure to exit GnC before each system update. >> >> On Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 07:57 Marty Landman <[email protected]> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
