It might be that the lock file Mnemosyne creates somehow got turned read only. You can have a look in Mnemosyne's data directory and try deleting MNEMOSYNE_LOCK manually.
Peter On Thu, 10 Jul 2025, 15:51 Guy Waterval, <waterval....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! When I start Mnemosyne, I often get a message warning me that > another copy of Mnemosyne is already running, and that it’s not possible to > continue without risking data loss. The message persists even after I > restart my computer. However, when I click OK in the warning box to close > the window, Mnemosyne runs correctly and apparently without any data loss. > Any idea why this message keeps appearing? Thank you very much. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to mnemosyne-proj-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/2b450f2a-5342-4ecd-817c-608ce082aff4n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/2b450f2a-5342-4ecd-817c-608ce082aff4n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mnemosyne-proj-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/CAMdxoPEDyyC-78s22rugBMVCUZv1JucwsfgFFn_HdUvXExtr9Q%40mail.gmail.com.