Kay If GnuCash is not closed properly,e.g. a crash the .LNK and .LCK files created in your data directory prevent you from opening GnuCash. Section 2.5.3 of the Tutorial guide covers them.
2.5.3. Lock files (.LNK and .LCK) You may occasionally see .LNK and .LCK files appear. These do not store any data, but they are created to prevent more than one user from opening the same file at the same time. These files are automatically created when you open the file, to lock it so no one else can access it. When you close your GnuCash session or open another file, GnuCash unlocks the first data file by deleting the .LCK and .LNK files. If GnuCash crashes while you have a data file open, the .LCK and .LNK files are not deleted. The next time you try to open GnuCash, you will get a warning message that the file is locked. The warning message appears because the .LNK and .LCK files are still in your directory. It is safe to choose Yes to open the file, but you should delete the .LNK and .LCK files (using a terminal window or your file manager). Once those files are deleted, you will not get the warning message again unless GnuCash crashes. You will need to use your file manager to delete the files with these extensions in the folder/directory in which your main file resides. They should have the same filename as your main data file but with the .LNK and .LCK file extensions. My experience on Linux is that when you select Open Anyway, the previous .LNK and .LCK files will be deleted and new ones created which should then be deleted when GNucash is closed properly. There is no need to use a new file name unless you explicitly want to change the name of the data file. Many of GnuCash's operations automatically save data into the datafile so nothing may happen when you hit the Save button (it is usually greyed out in these circumstances) if you have not created data which is not saved implicitly. David Cousens. ----- David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html _______________________________________________ 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.
