Unlock

[Ed]

How do I unlock a file? When I try to do something with a certain
file, I get the message:

"Locked for editing by another user
Read only, Notify, Cancel"

No one is using the file.

Please help, Thank uou,

Ed English

 

[Dave Peterson]

Are you the only user?

If yes and you're running winNT (or higher), close excel and try
alt-ctrl-delete. Click on processes and see if you have a hidden instance of
excel running. If yes, kill it. And then check to see if that fixed it.

If you're running xl9*, you could reboot to kill that hidden process.

And Debra Dalgleish has a tip at:
http://www.contextures.com/xlfaqApp.html#ReadOnly
for when files are marked readonly--but that doesn't quite fit your description.

 

[Ed]

Dave,

Rebooting did the trick. Thanks.

EJE

Are you the only user?

If yes and you're running winNT (or higher), close excel and try
alt-ctrl-delete. Click on processes and see if you have a hidden instance of
excel running. If yes, kill it. And then check to see if that fixed it.

If you're running xl9*, you could reboot to kill that hidden process.

And Debra Dalgleish has a tip at:
http://www.contextures.com/xlfaqApp.html#ReadOnly
for when files are marked readonly--but that doesn't quite fit your description.