Oh, Geert, I do so wish you were right. However, I think you missed the sentence where I said that after the crash I unknowingly and unthinkingly and quickly in order to restore my screen, I clicked on ‘Open Anyway’ and that’s when my file was locked and this other ’thing’ called a .LNK sits right on top of my working file and there is nothing I can do to get rid of this.
What would happen if I delete the .LNK file? Will my proper working file be restored? Or would I delete my entire year’s worth of work? Thank you. Anita > On 4 Nov 2018, at 16:54, Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> wrote: > > Op zondag 4 november 2018 14:59:39 CET schreef Anita Graves via gnucash-user: >> Dear Gnucash folks. I just >> read on the Internet that the file extension .LNK is a Windows file >> shortcut. What does that mean???? I don’t use Windows and thought I had >> downloaded Gnucash for Mac. Thank you all. Anita > > While on Windows the .LNK extension refers to a Windows shortcut, gnucash > uses > it differently. It's one of the two files it creates to lock a book (the > other > file will end in .LCK). > In general you should not worry about those two files. If they exist that > means gnucash didn't close properly last time you used it. In other words: it > crashed. And that's what you said has happened. If they exist, gnucash will > warn you that your book is still locked as gnucash itself can't distinguish a > crash from another user having the book still open. As you know it's crashed > you can choose "Open anyway" and the locks will be reset. Of course as long > as > *this* run of gnucash still has your book open, the .LCK and .LNK files will > remain. They only go away as gnucash quits. And even then, on my system > several .LNK files are still lingering next to my test books and they work > fine nonetheless. > To conclude: the .LNK file is not your worry. You really can ignore or even > remove it. > > Geert > >
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