Hello, I know that I have to go to “manage trees”, in order to “force-unlock” the database that is locked, but there is no database mentioned in the window that opens, therefore I can not open or unlock the database. I have 3 trees (3 databases), but none of them appear in the window of '“manage t…

Ok. That helps. (So it is either Linux or macOS, not MS Windows.) Your database path in Preferences is set to : /home/annabelle/.gramps/grampsdb but your database (in folder 68e2ca50) is in: .local/share/gramps/grampsdb ( which resolves to ~/.local/share/gramps/grampsdb or /home/annabelle/.loc…

The lock is a simple placeholder. If it exists in the Tree’s database folder, then Gramps considers the Tree to be ‘locked’. To ‘break’ a lock, Gramps simply deletes that file. You can do that manually. But the critical question is: what is the path to the folder with that lock file. (The crtl-l …

[image] emyoulation: The crtl-l keybinding It is difficult to answer these questions. What does “The crtl-l keybinding” mean? I do not have windows anymore, it is a little different, maybe I just do not know. Up to a few days ago, all was fine. It is just very frustrating! A reason why I mov…

[image] Abelle123: I have 2 of the 3 trees that I can view, just no tthe third one. But none of the three show up in the Family Tree Manager. When you say the above, I am guessing that you mean that you mean that you “view” by opening those Trees from the Family Trees → Open Recent submenu? O…

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[image] Abelle123: a year ago, Enno (from The Netherlands) on this forum helped me with similar problems, but I cannot find him. Sadly, Enno passed away last January. He is dearly missed. [image] In memoriam Enno Frank Borgsteede Genealogy Two of our co…

Sorry it is in Dutch! I mean this window, it is empty and I cannot choose anything except for Close Window (Venster sluiten) and Nieuw (New). Of the previously opened I can open 2 of the 3 trees.

Oh that is so sad! I will think of him in kind thoughts. Thank you for letting me know. He was a very good helper.

[image] Abelle123: Sorry, it’s in Dutch! I mean this window; it is empty and I cannot choose anything except for Close Window (Venster sluiten) and New (Nieuw). Of the previously opened ones, I can open 2 out of the 3 trees. Perhaps you could post a screen capture? (I can use the images feat…

I posted a screenshot above here?

Again a locked database and "Force-unlock" does not work

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emyoulation January 28, 2026, 2:40pm 13

Sadly, Enno passed away last January. He is dearly missed.

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Again a locked database and "Force-unlock" does not work

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