What happened is that Excel didn't totally go away after the crash, but
remained in memory with a link to that file. You can go to the task manager
(Ctrl+Shift+Esc) and on the processes tab, look for excel.exe and any of
these processes.

- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com
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"JB Dayrelton" wrote in message
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Excel crashed while copying row. Get 'file open by another user' msg when
trying to re-open. Copied file in order to keep working. How do I get
rid
of old file?
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JB