file is locked for editing by ' '.

[Calvin]

Hail and well met.

I have a user who is running windows XP with office. When
he tries to open an excel document from the recent files
list he is recieving the error message:

File is locked for editing by ' '. Open 'Read-only' or,
click 'Notify' to open read-only and recieve notififcation
when the document is no longer in use.

No-one else but the user is opening this document. It is
on a network share from a Windows 2000 Small business
server.

This error appears randomly and for some days the system
will work well and then others the error appears and he
cannot open his documents.

I cannot find any information about this fault in the
event viewer. Does anyone have any ideas?

With thanks and a happy christmas.

Calvin

 

[Dave Peterson]

Sometimes this works:

Have the user clean up the windows temp folder and reboot.

If the file is on a network share, then you may have to reboot the server.

 

[Gord Dibben]

Cleaning out the User Temp folder is necessary also with WinXP and OfficeXP

E:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Temp

That seems to be where the Excel *.tmp files are stored.

I suggest re-boot first then delete any files in the Temp folders.

Gord Dibben XL2002