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message: file cannot be deleted . . ..
I made up a sample excel file and now I can't remove it. When I go to open
it, it says it's a read only file, but I never made it that and when I go to check that, it isn't a read only in the menu. When I go to delete it, it says, this file is being used by other person. It is not - I am alone here! Help. J |
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message: file cannot be deleted . . ..
It's opening as read-only because Windows thinks it is already open.
Try closing Excel completely, then use MyComputer to locate and delete it. If that doesn't work, either you have a second instance of Excel (and the file) open, or, if it's on a network drive, someone else has it open. James jkg wrote: I made up a sample excel file and now I can't remove it. When I go to open it, it says it's a read only file, but I never made it that and when I go to check that, it isn't a read only in the menu. When I go to delete it, it says, this file is being used by other person. It is not - I am alone here! Help. J |
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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 in use. 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 Fri, 7 Jul 2006 09:47:02 -0700, jkg wrote: I made up a sample excel file and now I can't remove it. When I go to open it, it says it's a read only file, but I never made it that and when I go to check that, it isn't a read only in the menu. When I go to delete it, it says, this file is being used by other person. It is not - I am alone here! Help. J Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP |
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