Excel File in Use Notification Missing??

[Guest]

We are using Windows Server 2000 & several versions of Excel (2000 / XP /
2003).
When opening Excel files from the network, SOME users get the Notification
that the File is In Use - locked for editing by <user> - with a choice to
Open as Read-Only, Notify when avail, or Cancel.

The pblm is that NOT EVERYBODY gets this msg - some simply have the file
open up with the word (Sharing) in the Title Bar!! When you've got a deskful
of work to input you're not always looking at the Title Bar to see if the
file is Shared or not.

I first thought this was caused by diff vers of Excel, maybe a change made
to the newest version? But I've since found it doesn't matter WHICH Excel
you're using - one Excel 2003 user GOT the Read-Only warning, but two offices
over another Excel 2003 user got the (Sharing) Title instead!

I'm at my wit's end - I NEED that Notification box to come up on EVERY
networked Excel file & on EVERY user's machine! Any suggestions would be
greatly appreciated.

 

[Lady Layla]

Go into each file and make sure Shared is selected Tools - share Workbook


: We are using Windows Server 2000 & several versions of Excel (2000 / XP /
: 2003).
: When opening Excel files from the network, SOME users get the Notification
: that the File is In Use - locked for editing by <user> - with a choice to
: Open as Read-Only, Notify when avail, or Cancel.
:
: The pblm is that NOT EVERYBODY gets this msg - some simply have the file
: open up with the word (Sharing) in the Title Bar!! When you've got a deskful
: of work to input you're not always looking at the Title Bar to see if the
: file is Shared or not.
:
: I first thought this was caused by diff vers of Excel, maybe a change made
: to the newest version? But I've since found it doesn't matter WHICH Excel
: you're using - one Excel 2003 user GOT the Read-Only warning, but two offices
: over another Excel 2003 user got the (Sharing) Title instead!
:
: I'm at my wit's end - I NEED that Notification box to come up on EVERY
: networked Excel file & on EVERY user's machine! Any suggestions would be
: greatly appreciated.
:
:

 

[Guest]

I will chk this, thanks. But I've tried the exact same file on all systems -
some get the Notify window & others get that (Sharing) Title - without making
changes to the file on the network....

 

[Guest]

We are having this same problem. We want the notification to come up, but we
are not getting it. I have checked the Share Workbook and that's not what I
want to do. When I go into Tool-Share Workbook, it has a checkbox to "allow
users to edit at the same time." But that's what we do not want. Any help on
fixing this problem would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

Well, it's good to know we're not alone!! Wish I had some further
suggestions, but as you can see this question hasn't generated many
responses...... Hopefully SOMEONE out there will know the solution.... Good
Luck.

 

[Guest]

I am having this same issue with Excel. I have multi users for a file. Did
anyone find a solution.

 

[Guest]

As you can see from the posts - there are a couple of us w/the same pblm, but
no one with the answer is responding....