You're correct, it is a fine "technical distinction". I save once and OneDrive syncs the file to the cloud.
However, that is not the issue. The fact that I prematurely click on the "X" and the relate dialogue box doesn't work the way it is supposed to is the problem. To lessen the chance of this happening again I have changed the preferences of the "Auto-save time interval" from 10 minutes to 5 minutes and the "Enable timeout on 'Save changes on closing' question" "Time to wait for an answer" to 10 seconds. That should save the changes I forgot to save. [cid:2f3b84fb-236b-40a0-b2c6-a000ec2d4799] Thank You, Gyle McCollam Gyle McCollam 609.680.2326 Mobile gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email ________________________________ From: Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.pa...@usa.net> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2022 3:17 PM To: 'Gyle McCollam' <gmccol...@live.com> Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: RE: [GNC] Shutdown using the "X" in windows 11 >> “The file is both on the hard drive and in the cloud as one drive saves it >> to both. “ There is fine technical distinction here when it comes to OneDrive, Google Drive or any other type of “cloud” drive. Unless you specifically save to two different places, possibly first time using “Save” option and then saving it again as “Save as” option to a different location as two separate events in time that are independent actions from within GNC, you are saving it only one time on to your local hard drive. Once the data is committed to the drive as part of the save function, the application of that “cloud” drive running in the background plays complex sequence of events to maintain another copy of that data in the “cloud” and upkeep of its content. The other copy of data in the cloud is kept in proprietary format in their own premises. From: Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2022 11:30 AM To: Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.pa...@usa.net> Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Shutdown using the "X" in windows 11 The file is both on the hard drive and in the cloud as one drive saves it to both. It works fine when I "Save" it. I only have this problem if I fail to save and the auto save feature has not yet saved it. I don't use multiple computers either. I'm glad it works in 2.6.21, but it doesn't work on my version of Windows 11 GnuCash 4.10. Other users have responded that they're seeing the same issue. If I let the countdown clock in that same dialogue, go to zero, it does save the file without the error message on restart. Thank You, Gyle McCollam Gyle McCollam 609.680.2326 Mobile gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email ________________________________ From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail....@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail....@gnucash.org>> on behalf of Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.pa...@usa.net<mailto:kalpesh.pa...@usa.net>> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2022 9:47 AM To: 'gnucash-user' <gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>> Subject: Re: [GNC] Shutdown using the "X" in windows 11 >> The filename suggests you are keeping the file "in the cloud", and if so >> this (failure to delete the lock file) seems to be expected behaviour, >> regardless of Windows or Gnucash version. This may not be correct assumption. The file is on the local hard drive for sure. Only way that file would appear back is if he is using it to access the file from multiple computers or GNC is not removing it. I employ the same work flow (to Google Drive) but it serves as a backup purpose as I do not use it on multiple computers and I experience the same behavior on Windows 10 using GNC 4.10. This is the modern way of doing things, sadly. They employ various means to make sure that the "view" of the drive is consistent. ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:07:23 +0100 From: "Fred Bone" <f...@mandfb.me.uk <mailto:f...@mandfb.me.uk> > To: gnucash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Shutdown using the "X" in windows 11 Message-ID: <626672db.18965.4c6b...@fred.mandfb.me.uk <mailto:626672db.18965.4c6b...@fred.mandfb.me.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII On 24 April 2022 at 23:18, Gyle McCollam said: > Using Windows 11 and GnuCash 4.10 > > Also had this issue in an older version. Clicked on the "X" to shut down > and had not saved first. In the dialogue I clicked on Cancel, but it > still shutdown. I expected "Cancel" to cancel the operation (shutdown), > am I wrong. What operation is it canceling? All 3 options have the same > result, They all close the program without saving I'm running 2.6.21 (on Windows10). Clicking the X, or File->Quit, both produce a dialog offering a choice of close-without-save, cancel, or save-and-close. "Cancel" does what I expect: cancels the close operation and returns to the same state as if I hadn't done File-Quit. > and upon restart, I got > the message that "GnuCash could not obtain the lock for > C:\Users\*****\OneDrive\Documents\GNUCash\**.gnucash." The filename suggests you are keeping the file "in the cloud", and if so this (failure to delete the lock file) seems to be expected behaviour, regardless of Windows or Gnucash version. ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org<mailto: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.
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