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Hello,

When I open a certain Excel file, I receive a message to the effect that

'The file <filename is locked because it is being edited by <myname. Press
Read Only or Notify.'

Now the file, which I created and use myself, has never been shared, and
every time I encounter this situation, I must use the 'Save As' command to
save any changes to the file.

How do I unlock the file? Suggestions are most welcome!



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Hi
try clearing the TEMP directory, reboot your computer and try again

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Hello,

When I open a certain Excel file, I receive a message to the effect

that

'The file <filename is locked because it is being edited by

<myname. Press
Read Only or Notify.'

Now the file, which I created and use myself, has never been shared,

and
every time I encounter this situation, I must use the 'Save As'

command to
save any changes to the file.

How do I unlock the file? Suggestions are most welcome!




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Hi Frank,

Thank you for your reply. I heed your advice and try deleting temp files in
my TEMP dir, and found that a file, namely ~dfd0a9.tmp, was created when I
rename (no need to open!) my Excel file, and can't be deleted without a
reboot. There must be something wrong with my system. :-(

More suggestions are most welcome.


"Frank Kabel" ¦b¶l¥ó
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Hi
try clearing the TEMP directory, reboot your computer and try again

--
Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

"robot" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Hello,

When I open a certain Excel file, I receive a message to the effect

that

'The file <filename is locked because it is being edited by

<myname. Press
Read Only or Notify.'

Now the file, which I created and use myself, has never been shared,

and
every time I encounter this situation, I must use the 'Save As'

command to
save any changes to the file.

How do I unlock the file? Suggestions are most welcome!






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robot

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 Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:00:44 +0800, "robot" wrote:

Hi Frank,

Thank you for your reply. I heed your advice and try deleting temp files in
my TEMP dir, and found that a file, namely ~dfd0a9.tmp, was created when I
rename (no need to open!) my Excel file, and can't be deleted without a
reboot. There must be something wrong with my system. :-(

More suggestions are most welcome.


"Frank Kabel" ¦b¶l¥ó
¤¤¼¶¼g...
Hi
try clearing the TEMP directory, reboot your computer and try again

--
Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

"robot" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
Hello,

When I open a certain Excel file, I receive a message to the effect

that

'The file <filename is locked because it is being edited by

<myname. Press
Read Only or Notify.'

Now the file, which I created and use myself, has never been shared,

and
every time I encounter this situation, I must use the 'Save As'

command to
save any changes to the file.

How do I unlock the file? Suggestions are most welcome!






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