With Gnucash closed, go to the Gnucash's data files. There, find and delete any files with the suffix .LNK or .LCK then restart Gnucash. Source: section 2.6.3 at [1]https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-guide/basics-backup1.htm l At 11:23 AM Monday, gnucash-user-requ...@gnucash.org wrote:
Message: 8 Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 20:43:02 +0300 From: Lesley Burton <lesleyabur...@gmail.com> To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: [GNC] Help Message-ID: <1523900582.20891...@f11.my.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I updated GNU-cash last month with the update and am unable to open my accounts now I keep getting an error message saying ?Gnucash could not obtain the lock for [2]file://C: followed by the path and underbit saying the database is in use by another user. If I ask it to open anyway it just all closes down. I am running windows 10! Many thanks Lesley References 1. https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-guide/basics-backup1.html 2. file://\\C\/ _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.