Close any instances of excel that you can see.

Hit ctrl-shift-escape to start the taskmanager.
Look on Applications Tab for Excel and end any tasks that you see.
Look on the Processes Tab for Excel.exe and end those processes.

Then open windows explorer and try to delete the file once more.

Another thing you can try:
Shut down your computer and restart it.
That should make sure that is excel is not running.
Then try deleting the file.

I would think that this would work unless you have something that starts excel
when your pc boots (like in the windows startup folder???)

Richard wrote:

The exact message states 'The action can't be completed because the file is
open in Microsoft Office Excel. Close the file and try again.' However Excel
is not obviously in use. I can not see how to close the file or Excel. This
happens when I try to delete the file.

Richard

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Close excel.

Then try to delete the file.

Richard wrote:

Thanks for your email.
I have Vista Home Premium, but I think I have located the relevant file.
When I try to delete it, I get a message saying that this cannot be actioned
because Excel is open.

Regards
Richard

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Check out the fix at this URL

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=272066

Compile error in hidden module Tbrun97.xls in Excel


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:03:00 -0700, Richard
wrote:

'A protected module can't be displayed. The error has the following cause and
solution. There is a compilation error in the code of the specified module,
but it can't be displayed because the project is protected. Unprotect the
project, and then run the code again to view the error.'

How do I deal with this?




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