Hi, friends,
Sorry for going AWOL - I couldn't put any time into this issue until the
holidays. I have figured it out!! My anti-virus (a thing called
Bitprotector that is provided by Best Buy, where I got the laptop) blocked
guncash from doing something. I discovered this completely by accident,
> On Wednesday, 22 November 2017 04:19:21 GMT moi...@web.net wrote:
>
>>
>> It has to be on my desktop?? OK, i'll try that ... tomorrow ... and
>> report
>> back.
>>
>> Moira
>
> No it doesn't have to be on your desktop, but for testing purposes it is a
> handy place that we know exists!
Oh, well
> Moira,
>
> Do you have similar problems with other files on that computer? Do you
> check it for malware regularly? It seems a little odd that you were able
> to place the file there without write permission unless you do have
> multiple users on that computer. You may need to find an expert t
> I believe that others will concur that you do not have write permission in
> the folder containing that data file. Is your user name User?
Yes, my user name is User. Should I change it (if I can figure out how)?
> That is also why GnuCash failed to create a .LCK file. You need to make
a new f
> Hi Moira,
>
> What about the folder that the GC data file is in - is that read-only?
> can you create a file in that folder using some other program, say
notepad or > word?
The folder is not read-only, but it does indicate that there are read-only
files in it that I can't find.
> Don't know how
David...
> The lock file is always in the same folder as the data file and it always
> has the same name as the data file with the suffix .LCK Unless you are
> doing something very unusual, the files will be visible in your file
> explorer as long as you put them somewhere in your user folder on
No, the files are not "Read-Only".
My username for Windows??? Yes, it is different on the new computer. Does
that matter?
>
> Hi,
>
> Check if you have copied the file and made it read-only (or put it in a
> read-
> only directory). MAybe your username is different or something?
>
> HTH,
> Maf.
>
