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READ ONLY FILE IN USE BY ME!
Please help! Everytime I open up a file it says that the file is in use by
me! I know I don't have it open already. Thanks! |
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I don't know what causes that (I suspect it has something to do with computer
crashes), but when it happens to a coworker...I contact our network admins and have them bounce that person off the file. Then all is well again. Hopefully, that will work for you, too. -- Regards, Ron |
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Excel stores in Windows\Temp(win98) folder a copy(s) of any file that is open.
Sometimes this *.tmp file is not deleted from the Temp folder when you close out Excel(maybe a crash of Excel?) or the file, so Excel thinks it is still open and locked for editing. You can try a re-boot and see if that clears it up. If not, after a re-boot, clear out your Windows\Temp folder. If using WinXP your Temp folder would be under user....... Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Temp If on a network, re-booting the server may be the only solution. Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Mon, 2 May 2005 14:37:34 -0700, "vmagal1" wrote: Please help! Everytime I open up a file it says that the file is in use by me! I know I don't have it open already. Thanks! |
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