Re: locked for editing
From: Bill SG (don't)
Date: 08/17/04
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Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 09:38:10 +0800
Call it Murphy's Law, I guess, but it hasn't happened since I asked, so I
can't test it. I'll keep this post for reference when the problem returns.
Thanks.
"Dave Peterson" <ec35720@msn.com> wrote in message
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> You could try a couple of things at Debra Dalgleish's site:
> http://www.contextures.com/xlfaqApp.html#AlreadyOpen
>
> If that doesn't fix it, it might be that excel crashed and didn't close
> completely. It's still running in a hidden window.
>
> Depending on the version of windows that you're running, you might be able
to
> hit alt-ctrl-delete, got into taskmanager, verify that it's not in a
visible
> window (under Applications).
>
> Then look at the Processes Tab. I like to sort that list by clicking on
the
> title (just like windows explorer). Look for excel.exe. If you find it
(and
> it's not shown in the Applications tab, kill that process.
>
> I can do this in win2k (at work), but win98 doesn't support this.
>
> And after you do this, you may want to clean up the windows temp folder.
Excel
> puts a few "control" files in that folder (at least for files stored on
your
> local harddrive). Don't clean up this temp folder while you're
> installing/removing programs.
>
>
>
>
>
> Bill SG wrote:
> >
> > I've been getting this problem recently. An excel file frequently claims
> > that it is locked for editing when I try to open it. If I restart the
> > computer, it's okay, but it's not always convenient to restart when I
need
> > access to that file. This happens even when no one else could possibly
be
> > accessing the file over the network because I am disconnected from it
and no
> > one has access. The fie is on my local hard drive.
> >
> > What can cause this? A bad or incomplete save? The file is not corrupt
when
> > I reboot and am able to access it.
> >
> > Where is the locked for editing status stored? In the file? In memory?
In
> > the registry?
> >
> > Any way to clear that or close the supposed access by someone else
without
> > rebooting?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bill
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson
> ec35720@msn.com
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