Re: [GNC] Cannot write to file a new wrinkle
Thanks Michael, those are fair caveats to my recommendation. I shall endeavor to remember that and not assume folks only keep GnuCash data and nothing else in a particular folder. Regards, Adrien On 7/30/23 9:37 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: BE CAREFUL --- this control of a resource by having the existence of a lock file indicate "resource in use" is a VERY common solution to restricting use to "a single concurrent user" (allow multiple sequential access but not multiple simultaneous access). OTHER applications might be creating .lck files besides gnucash. So... 1) Delete "any" .lck files only if you have your gnucash files in a directory reserved for just the. 2) Otherwise --- before deleting a .lck file make sure it is not a lock file from some other application. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
Re: [GNC] Cannot write to file a new wrinkle
On 7/30/2023 8:13 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Also, verify that GnuCash is not running, then check to see if you have any files ending with a '.lck' extension in that data folder and delete those. (but reply back with their file names first) BE CAREFUL --- this control of a resource by having the existence of a lock file indicate "resource in use" is a VERY common solution to restricting use to "a single concurrent user" (allow multiple sequential access but not multiple simultaneous access). OTHER applications might be creating .lck files besides gnucash. So... 1) Delete "any" .lck files only if you have your gnucash files in a directory reserved for just the. 2) Otherwise --- before deleting a .lck file make sure it is not a lock file from some other application. Michael D Novack ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
Re: [GNC] Cannot write to file a new wrinkle
Also, verify that GnuCash is not running, then check to see if you have any files ending with a '.lck' extension in that data folder and delete those. (but reply back with their file names first) Regards, Adrien On 7/30/23 7:06 AM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: That means you have opened GnuCash with a new blank file. I'd go recover that 'offending file' pronto! (note, the one you gave a file name for ended in .gnucash which is a book file, and it might have been your current active file) Once you've resolved that, please report back the full name of the file. (file path not needed) And while you're doing that, do you have any other '.gnucash' files in that folder/directory? If so, can you provide a screenshot of Windows Explorer showing the list of files? (be sure to use the 'full details' view so we can see file creation and modification dates. You might need to 'turn on' one or both of those columns') ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
Re: [GNC] Cannot write to file a new wrinkle
That means you have opened GnuCash with a new blank file. I'd go recover that 'offending file' pronto! (note, the one you gave a file name for ended in .gnucash which is a book file, and it might have been your current active file) Once you've resolved that, please report back the full name of the file. (file path not needed) And while you're doing that, do you have any other '.gnucash' files in that folder/directory? If so, can you provide a screenshot of Windows Explorer showing the list of files? (be sure to use the 'full details' view so we can see file creation and modification dates. You might need to 'turn on' one or both of those columns') Regards, Adrien On 7/30/23 5:35 AM, Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user wrote: Hello again, After removing, renaming etc. the "offending file" as described, I now have a screen with 'unsaved book' which doesn't react to the 'close' option. This appeared after a text box which said that the original offending file was not available, it was in the 'history' did I want to keep it, I said 'no' and then the screen I mentioned appeared. I tried 'saving as' but it still won't go away. Does anybody know what an 'unsaved book' is? BTW, the same problem I have had all along (cannot save) is still there. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
[GNC] Cannot write to file a new wrinkle
Hello again, After removing, renaming etc. the "offending file" as described, I now have a screen with 'unsaved book' which doesn't react to the 'close' option. This appeared after a text box which said that the original offending file was not available, it was in the 'history' did I want to keep it, I said 'no' and then the screen I mentioned appeared. I tried 'saving as' but it still won't go away. Does anybody know what an 'unsaved book' is? BTW, the same problem I have had all along (cannot save) is still there. ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
