Excel says file is reserved

[Rick Dremann]

I have an Excel file shared by various people and it will
not open completely because it says the file is reserved
by one of our members. That person doe not have the file
open and it won't even let him open the file. We have
tried rebooting all the computers that use the file, but
that didn't work. How do I get the reserve off of this
file?

 

[Lady Layla]

Clear out the Temp directories on the computer that Excel says it is reserved
for.
c:\windows\temp and c:\Documents & settings\<user name>\Local settings\Temp

(will need to set windows to show hidden and system files)

Reboot


: I have an Excel file shared by various people and it will
: not open completely because it says the file is reserved
: by one of our members. That person doe not have the file
: open and it won't even let him open the file. We have
: tried rebooting all the computers that use the file, but
: that didn't work. How do I get the reserve off of this
: file?

 

[Lady Layla]

Also You may want to unshare the file, we have seen many different problems crop
up just due to sharing the file


: I have an Excel file shared by various people and it will
: not open completely because it says the file is reserved
: by one of our members. That person doe not have the file
: open and it won't even let him open the file. We have
: tried rebooting all the computers that use the file, but
: that didn't work. How do I get the reserve off of this
: file?