Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Mirth
 
Posts: n/a
Default File is locked for Editing by user problem

We have a spreadsheet on a network folder than whenever it is opened, we get
message "File In Use. <<file name is locked for editing by <username" with
the read-only and Notify buttons. Problem is, the specified user does NOT
have the file open. We've made sure no one has the file open, we had that
particular user reboot his system and not attempt to open the file again.
Even when this particular user DOES open the file, even he also still gets
the same message. We cannot seem to find a way to unlock the file for editing
now. I can copy the file to my local drive and open it no problem locally,
but I cannot move that local copy back to the network folder and attempt to
overwrite the original version, I get a sharing violation error that the
source or destination file may be in use (but neiter are as far as we can
tell). Any suggestions? Thnx in advance.

Jim
  #2   Report Post  
Frank Kabel
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Hi
one thing to try: Clear the temp directory and see if this helps (after
rebooting)

--
Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

"Mirth" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
We have a spreadsheet on a network folder than whenever it is opened,

we get
message "File In Use. <<file name is locked for editing by

<username" with
the read-only and Notify buttons. Problem is, the specified user does

NOT
have the file open. We've made sure no one has the file open, we had

that
particular user reboot his system and not attempt to open the file

again.
Even when this particular user DOES open the file, even he also still

gets
the same message. We cannot seem to find a way to unlock the file for

editing
now. I can copy the file to my local drive and open it no problem

locally,
but I cannot move that local copy back to the network folder and

attempt to
overwrite the original version, I get a sharing violation error that

the
source or destination file may be in use (but neiter are as far as we

can
tell). Any suggestions? Thnx in advance.

Jim


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Problem with xlusrgal.xls file Alfred S C Lee Charts and Charting in Excel 2 December 29th 04 05:54 PM
File asks to update when no links were created Dave Links and Linking in Excel 1 December 16th 04 08:10 PM
Network access to file - read only property AL Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 1 December 2nd 04 01:22 AM
format question when open csv file Jeff Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 1 December 1st 04 06:53 PM
Convert text file to MS_Excel Aqua Flow Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 1 November 30th 04 02:55 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:01 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 ExcelBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Excel"