Steve

Guessing it cannot be opened by another user on a network that would cause
this also, then....

Sometimes, particularly after a sudden shutdown, etc Excel 'locks' a file.
If simply rebooting does not release it then try opening Excel in safe mode
(StartRun...type Excel.exe /safe). Open the file and then close it. That
should fix it.

If not try running detect and repair under help in Excel.

Post back if you're still having issues.

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HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
HIS


"stevedmobile" wrote in message
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Why is Excel stating that i have two files open with the same filename
when i
clearly have not.

It reports that a document with the same name is already open