File remains locked after closing

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steve warmbier

We store several workbooks on a server. The workbooks
are used by 3 users. Only one user at a time can modify
the workbook while others can get the read only /notify
option.

When user A finishes her work and exits Excel and then
returns to use the file the next day, user A gets file
locked by user A. User A then closes the notify window
and then is able to open the file without it being locked.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Steve
 
Your problem is typical of shared Microsoft documents on Microsoft based networks. Usually, the Network Administrator has to be contacted to unlock the file, but you may have found a workaround

This tends to occur less if the file server where the document is stored is rebooted
 
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