File is locked for editing??????????????

[Scott Burke]

It looks like the Windows 2003 SBS is locking up files and it wont release
those files when you are done. At first I thought it was Excel misbehaving <
see below > but the problem still exist even tho I rebooted the server.

Any Ideals?
Scott Burke




OK.
More information.

I rebooted the server. The lockes were released. However, The First person
in the files lockes that file. When they leave the file stays locked.

The OS will NOT release the locks.

Any Ideals
Scott Burke



"Dave Peterson" wrote:

> If that file were on a local harddrive, I'd try this:
> http://contextures.com/xlfaqApp.html#ReadOnly
>
> Clear out c:\windows\temp directory on the machine that houses the files, then
> reboot.
>
> It might worth the try even with the file on the server.
>
> Sometimes rebooting that server will release the file.
>
>
>
> Scott Burke wrote:
> >
> > We have a dir on our server (windows2003 sb).
> > It holds a bunch of Excel files that are used by the company.
> >
> > Now many people use these files.
> >
> > Christina is trying to open the file "MGMA special 070307.xls" but she gets
> > the error
> > "MGMA special 070307.xls is locked for editing by Christina"???????
> >
> > No one else was in the file at the time Christina is trying to open it.
> >
> > 1) She can open it in read only mode.
> > 2) She did make a copy of it.
> > 3) She can NOT delete the orginial file. File in use error.
> >
> > Any suggestion on how to remove the read only or at least how to delete the
> > file?
> >
> > Scott Burke
>
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