I forgot to mention that there is a setting somewhere called "Use Trading Accounts" that turns that feature on or off. I think it is mentioned somewhere in the documentation.
David C On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 4:07 PM, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > Frank, > > There is still a problem with Gnucash on your computer because it should > not be crashing. > > It may be somehow related to the account named Trading that GnuCash > created. Normally, GnuCash will only create that account for users that > know that they want to use a special feature that is there for investors to > use to help with capital gains calculations, and it normally isn't used by > most people. > > Actually, I am not sure how to safely delete that account (and prevent it > from coming back) if you do not want it, because it contains transfers to > and from your security accounts. Perhaps a developer or another user can > advise us about that. That is still not the cause of the crash, the > developers may need more details about that. > > Good luck. > > David C > > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Aaron Laws <dartm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 3:31 PM, frank raney <frankraney...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > I just answered my own question..........The lck file is a temporary >> file >> > when the main file is opened. I opened my file read only, resaved it. >> > closed it and the lck file went away. I opened the file in a smaller >> > window so I coiuld see my directory and the lck file appeared >> again......it >> > went away when I closed the file......so.........what was happening was, >> > when the program crashed, it did not close the lck file, and when I >> tried >> > to reopen it, it thought it was in use........wala......Im back in >> > business... >> > >> > >> > Frankie Raney >> > 12454 Auberry Rd. >> > Clovis, Ca. >> > 559.297.8577 H >> > 559.304.1751 C >> >> >> That lck file is the mechanism by which gnucash ensures that each file is >> only opened once at a time. If that file is there, that means gnucash is >> using the corresponding ".gnucash" file. Of course, if gnucash crashes and >> is unable to delete that .lck file, it will superexist the gnucash >> process. >> In this case, the correct choice is "open anyway", and copying everything >> first is an excellent idea, too. >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> 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 gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.